Reservoir compaction and surface subsidence above the Lost Hills Fields California

33rd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, USRMS 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages 263-272

  Bruno, M S ^a   Bovberg, C A ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; OIL FIELDS; ROCK MECHANICS;

CALIFORNIA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR COMPACTION; ROCK PROPERTIES; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SOFT AND POROUS; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE;

SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 85055145931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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