Poroelastic and thermoelastic effects of injection into a geothermal reservoir

Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium - ARMA's Golden Rocks 2006 - 50 Years of Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nygren, A ^a   Ghassemi, A ^b  

^a North Dakota State Water Commission   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; APERTURE VARIATION; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLUID LEAK-OFF; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE PRESSURES; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION RATES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POROELASTIC; THERMOELASTIC EFFECTS; THERMOELASTICS;

FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; THERMOELASTICITY;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 69149108106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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