Coupled geomechanics and flow simulation for an embedded discrete fracture model

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2013

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1238-1250

  Moinfar, Ali ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a   Johns, Russell T ^b   Varavei, Abdoljalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARBITRARY ORIENTED FRACTURES; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84881125671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163666-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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