Stress-dependent directional permeabilities of two analog reservoir rocks: A prospective study on contribution of μ-tomography and pore network models

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-310

  Dautriat, J ^a   Gland, N ^a   Youssef, S ^a   Rosenberg, E ^a   Bekri, S ^a   Vizika, O ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; LIME; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIOCLASTIC CARBONATES; CHARACTERISTICS LENGTH; COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES;

ROCKS;

COMPACTION; ELASTICITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR; STRESS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649515357     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/110455-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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