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The representation of thermally fractured water injection wells in black-oil simulators
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, IOR 1991 - 6th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, May 1991, cp-44-00021
- ISBN: 978-94-6282-133-0
Abstract
It is widely recognized that the cooling of the reservoir rock by cold water injection changes the rock stresses around the welIbore and in the immediate surroundings of the injection well. The cooling of tbe rock causes the rock fracture pressure to decrease and the possibility of fracturing the formation might occur.