Estimation of fracture flow parameters through numerical analysis of hydromechanical pressure pulses

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Cappa, Frédéric ^a   Guglielmi, Yves ^b   Rutqvist, Jonny ^c   Tsang, Chin Fu ^c   Thoraval, Alain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COUPLED HYDRO MECHANICALS; FRACTURE DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE FLOW PARAMETERS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; HYDROMECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

FRACTURE;

BOREHOLE; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR;

EID: 58149084343     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007015     Document Type: Article

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