Reservoir stress path characterization and its implications for fluid-flow production simulations

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Segura, J M ^a   Fisher, Q J ^a   Crook, A J L ^b   Dutko, M ^b   Yu, J G ^b   Skachkov, S ^a   Angus, D A ^a,c   Verdon, J P ^c   Kendall, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Rockfield Software Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydro mechanical coupling; Pore volume multiplier; Stress arching; Stress path

Indexed keywords

CASING DEFORMATION; COUPLED ANALYSIS; COUPLED SIMULATION; FAULT REACTIVATION; FLUID PRESSURES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; LOW ASPECT RATIO; MATERIAL PROPERTY; POISSON'S RATIO; PORE VOLUME; PRODUCTION SIMULATION; RESERVOIR PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR STRESS; STRESS ANISOTROPY; STRESS ARCHING; STRESS EVOLUTION; STRESS PATH; STRESS PATHS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ANISOTROPY; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; POISSON RATIO; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ASPECT RATIO;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID PRESSURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 80055117605     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079310-034     Document Type: Article

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