Stress estimation at the Otway CO2 storage site, Australia

SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2008 - "Gas Now: Delivering on Expectations"

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1127-1152

  Berard T ^a   Sinha, B K ^a   Van Ruth, P ^b   Dance, T ^b   John, Z ^a   Tan, C ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b School of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BOREHOLE WALLS; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; DENSITY LOGS; ELECTRICAL IMAGES; FIRST ORDERS; GEOMECHANICAL STUDIES; GREEN HOUSE GAS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; LEAK-OFF TESTS; LOG DATUM; MECHANICAL EARTH MODELS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; SEAL INTEGRITIES; STORAGE SITES; STRESS ESTIMATIONS; STRESS MODELS; STRESS REGIMES; STRESS STATE; VERTICAL STRESS;

BOREHOLES; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; SOLAR RADIATION;

STRESSES;

EID: 64049097318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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