Predicting accelerating subsidence above the highly compacting Luconia carbonate reservoirs, offshore Sarawak Malaysia

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-115

  Dudley, John W ^a   van der Linden, Arjan J ^a   Mah, Kok Gin ^b  

^a Shell Intl E and P Ltd   (Canada)

^b Sarawak Shell Berhad ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATION; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; DEFORMATION; FORECASTING; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOMECHANICS; LIME; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; GAS-WATER CONTACTS; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; GEOMECHANICAL STUDIES; NONLINEAR DEFORMATIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELING; SUBSIDENCE EFFECTS;

SUBSIDENCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS FIELD; GAS PLATFORM; GPS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SUBSIDENCE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 62749120069     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/109190-pa     Document Type: Article

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