This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 78154, "Temperatures Induced by High-Power Lasers: Effects on Reservoir Rock Strength and Mechanical Properties," by Ramona M. Graves, SPE, and Samih Batarseh, SPE, Colorado School of Mines (the latter now with Gas Technology Inst.); Richard A. Parker, Parker Geoscience; and Brian C. Gahan, SPE, Gas Technology Inst., originally presented at the 2002 SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics Conference, Irving, Texas, 20-23 October.

Keywords:
flow in porous media, strength, limestone, thermal conductivity, reservoir characterization, fluid dynamics, high-powered laser temperature effect, sandstone, enhance porosity, compressibility
Subjects:
Flow in porous media, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Fluid Dynamics, Reservoir geomechanics
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2003. Society of Petroleum Engineers
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