Investigation of hydromechanical processes during cyclic extraction recovery testing of a deformable rock fracture

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-522

  Mathias, Simon A ^a   Tsang, Chin Fu ^b,c   van Reeuwijk, Maarten ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTIMATION; EXTRACTION; OIL WELL FLOODING; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RECOVERY; ROCKS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TESTING; WATER INJECTION;

EXTRACTION RECOVERY; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE PRESSURES; INITIAL PRESSURE; INJECTION CYCLES; RECOVERY TEST; ROCK COMPRESSIBILITY; SIMPLE++; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; STRESS/STRAIN ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE APERTURE; HYDROMECHANICS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77649339669     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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