Predicting the stress changes induced by fluid production and injection in porous reservoirs

Proceedings of the 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium - Rock Mechanics Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1609-1616

  Soltanzadeh, H ^a   Hawkes, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; HOMOGENEOUS HALF SPACE; HORIZONTAL STRESS; LATERAL DIMENSION; POROELASTIC MODEL; POROUS RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE-INDUCED STRESS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS;

ROCKS;

EID: 56149101971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/noe0415444019-c202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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