Coupled reservoir geomechanical modeling of a thermal gas-oil-gravity- drainage project

SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2010, OGWA - EOR Challenges, Experiences and Opportunities in the Middle East

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-85

  Hussein, Assef Mohamad ^a   Minton, James ^a   Rawnsley, Keith ^b   Qiuguo, Li ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Koutsabeloulis, Nick ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; EXTREME CASE; FRACTURE SPACING; GEOMECHANICAL MODELING; GROUND LEVEL; HIGH STEAM TEMPERATURE; MATRIX; MECHANICAL EARTH MODELS; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; RECOVERY PROCESS; STEAM INJECTION; STEAM INJECTION TEMPERATURES; STRESS PROFILE; UPWARD MOVEMENT; VERTICAL DEFORMATION;

FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; STEAM; STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER INJECTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77957962445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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