Coupled seismo-hydromechanical monitoring of inelastic effects on injection-induced fracture permeability

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 266-274

  Derode, Benoit ^a   Cappa, Frédéric ^a,c   Guglielmi, Yves ^b   Rutqvist, Jonny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid and stress transfer; Hydromechanical experiment and modeling; Inelastic fracture permeability; Microseismicity; Strength weakening

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; OIL WELL FLOODING; STRAIN; STRESSES; WATER INJECTION;

COUPLED HYDRO MECHANICALS; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID TRANSFER; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; HYDROMECHANICAL EXPERIMENT AND MODELING; INELASTIC FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; MICROSEISMICITY; NEAR FIELDS; STRENGTH WEAKENING; STRESS TRANSFER;

FRACTURE;

CARBONATE ROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROMECHANICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

EID: 84876705724     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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