Hydromechanical modeling of critically stressed and faulted reservoirs

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-50

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Koutsabeloulis, Nick ^a   Heffer, Kes ^b  

^a Vector International Processing Systems (VIPS) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURING FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

HYDROFRACTURING; HYDROMECHANICAL MEODELING; RESERVOIR FLUID FLOW;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

DARCY LAW; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INJECTION; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROMECHANICS; IN SITU STRESS; MODELING; OIL FIELD; SHEAR STRAIN;

EID: 33846457918     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08030605136     Document Type: Article

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