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A Novel 3D Mechanical Earth Modeling of the Volve Field and Its Application to Fault Stability Analysis

Sun et al., 2021

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15540610630526296871
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Sun Z
Garza A
Salazar-Tio R
Fager A
Crouse B
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ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium

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A 3D mechanical earth model (MEM) is a digital twin of a specific stratigraphic section of the earth crust containing the reservoir and consists of a geometric description as well as mechanical properties assigned to rocks and the state of stress at depth. However, often 3D …
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