Northside - Oilfield Subsidence: The Five W’s (What? Why? 2xWhere? & What!)
Oilfield subsidence, caused by reservoir compaction, has occured worldwide from the North Sea to South America and elsewhere. Subsidence is the movement of surface strata in response to a loss of underground support often associated with reservoir compaction from hydrocarbon withdrawal. Why do compaction and subsidence occur? The answer varies from the simple response of strata to a pore-pressure decline to a complex interaction of pressure, temperature, and fluid saturations all influenced by underburden reservoir, and overburden geometry and properties.
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