Determining in-situ stress profiles from logs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1251-1256

  Mohaghegh, S D ^a   Popa, A ^b   Gaskari, R ^a   Wolhart, S ^c   Siegfreid, R ^d   Ameri, S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chevrontexaco   (United States)

^c PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d GTI ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

GAS WELLS; GEOLOGIC SIGNATURES; MAPPING TOOLS; STRESS CONTRAST;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044457022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90070-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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