Water Injection Thermal & Fracture Modeling

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Injection into hot and high-pressure deepwater reservoirs is often constrained by concerns associated with fracture propagation.

By modeling fracture behavior to optimize water injection flow rates and pressure, it becomes possible to control fracture propagation where this supports injection and to avoid fracture generation where matrix injection results in the most efficient means of injector operation.

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