Elastic and Viscoelastic Calculations of Stresses in Sedimentary Basins
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Formation Evaluation
- Vol. 4 (04) , 522-530
- https://doi.org/10.2118/15243-pa
Abstract
Summary: This study presents a method for estimating the stress state within reservoirs at depth with a time-history approach for both elastic and viscoelastic rock behavior. The model can incorporate changes in pore pressure, temperature gradients, consolidation and diagenesis through time-varying material properties, and varying tectonic episodes. Example calculations are presented for simple cases and for a complete stress history of rocks in the Piceance basin.Keywords
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