The stress response of permeability

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1385-1395

  Worthington, Paul F ^a  

^a Cline and Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CORE-PLUG PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR STRESS; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; STRESS EQUATION;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 21944457947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90106-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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