Drilling-induced lateral shifts along pre-existing fractures: A common cause of drilling problems

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Maury, Vincent ^a,b,c,d   Zurdo, Christian ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a SPE

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Geotechnical Services at Geostock

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e Ecole Polytechnique ^*

^f Bordeaux U Technical Inst   (France)

^g AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRILLING FLUIDS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL CASINGS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PORE PRESSURE; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE; WELL PRESSURE; WELL WORKOVER;

BOREHOLE STABILITY; BOREHOLE TELEVIEWER TOOL;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0030107968     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/27492-pa     Document Type: Article

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