Estimating Fluid Pressures That Can Induce Reservoir Failure During Hydrocarbon Depletion

Proceedings of the SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 536-542

  Streit, J E ^a   Hillis, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRITTLENESS; COMPACTION; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLUID PRESSURES; STRESS COUPLING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642500154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/78226-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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