"Basin scale" versus "localized" pore pressure/stress coupling - Implications for trap integrity evaluation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1111-1121

  Mourgues, R ^a   Gressier, J B ^a   Bodet, L ^a   Bureau, D ^b   Gay, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Basin; Cover integrity; Fluid overpressure; Hydraulic fracturing; Pore pressure; Stress coupling

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELLING; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; BASIN; BASIN SCALE; COLUMN HEIGHT; COVER INTEGRITY; FAILURE PRESSURE; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID SOURCES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; HYDRAULIC FAILURE; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; INTEGRITY EVALUATIONS; OVERPRESSURE; POISSON'S RATIO; PORE FLUIDS; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RETENTION CAPACITY; STRESS COUPLING;

FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POISSON RATIO; PORE PRESSURE; SHALE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FLUIDS;

FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OVERPRESSURE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POISSON RATIO; PORE PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79952628487     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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