The effect of water-induced stress to enhance hydrocarbon recovery in shale reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 644-657

  Fakcharoenphol, Perapon ^a   Charoenwongsa, Sarinya ^a   Kazemi, Hossein ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF WATER; EFFECTIVE STRESS; HOEK BROWN FAILURE CRITERION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; MATRIX BLOCKS; MICROFRACTURES; NATURAL FRACTURE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIR COOLING; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK MATRIX; SHALLOW WATERS; STRESS CHANGES; STRESS-INDUCED; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; UNDRAINED; WATER-INDUCED STRESS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SHALE; SHALE OIL; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84874074277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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