Laboratory tests for Wellbore stability in deepwater, Brazil

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Santos, H ^a   Da Fontoura, S A B ^b   Gupta, A ^c   Roegiers, J C ^d  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b PUC Rio ^*  (Brazil)

^c SPE ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRILLING FLUIDS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE; STABILITY;

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT; INITIAL HYPOTHESIS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICAL FAILURES; WELLBORE INSTABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 0009616761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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