A fully coupled method to model fracture permeability change in naturally fractured reservoirs

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-268

  Tao, Qingfeng ^a   Ghassemi, Ahmad ^a   Ehlig Economides, Christine A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement discontinuity method; Effective stress; Fracture permeability change; Joint deformation; Naturally fractured reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; STRESSES;

DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY CHANGE; FULLY-COUPLED; INSITU STRESS; JOINT DEFORMATIONS; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; STRESS CONDITION;

FRACTURE;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU STRESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 79551592206     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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