Identification of activated (therefore potentially conductive) faults and fractures through statistical correlations in production and injection rates and coupled flow-geomechanical model

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 247-256

  Heffer, K J ^a,c   Zhang, X ^a,d   Koutsabeloulis, N C ^a,d   Main, I ^b   Li, L ^b  

^a Reservoir Dynamics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Reservoir Dynamics Ltd

^d VIPS Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); EXHIBITIONS; FEEDBACK; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STATE FEEDBACK;

CONCEPTUAL MODELS; COUPLED FLOWS; CRITICAL STATES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GENERIC PATTERNS; GEOMECHANICAL MODELS; GULLFAKS FIELDS; INJECTION RATES; LOCAL PERMEABILITIES; MECHANICAL STATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RANDOM NOISES; RATE FLUCTUATIONS; SPATIAL CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS; STATISTICAL MODELS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 55849137933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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