Poroelastic contribution to the reservoir stress path

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1104-1113

  Altmann, Johannes B ^a   Müller, Tobias M ^b   Müller, Birgit I R ^a   Tingay, Mark R P ^c   Heidbach, Oliver ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depletion; Injection; Numerical modelling; Pore pressure stress coupling; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PORE FLUIDS;

DEPLETION; FLUID INJECTIONS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; INJECTION; POINT-SOURCES; PORE PRESSURE/STRESS COUPLING; POROELASTIC; POROELASTIC MEDIA; PRESSURE STRESS; STRESS COUPLING;

PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 77956652113     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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