Integrated structural analysis and geomechanical modeling: An aid to reservoir exploration and development

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Smart, Kevin J ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   Sims, Darrell W ^a   Franklin, Nathan M ^a   Ofoegbu, Goodluck I ^a   Morris, Alan P ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BORING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; INFILL DRILLING; KINEMATICS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PORE PRESSURE; RESTORATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; KINEMATIC INFORMATION; KINEMATIC RESTORATIONS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; RESERVOIR EXPLORATION; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STRESS ORIENTATION AND MAGNITUDES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 85010326400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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