Assessing the risk of wellbore instability in horizontal and inclined wells

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 21-32

  McLellan, P J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Shell Canada ^*

^b Advanced Geotechnology Inc

^c Advanced Geotechnology Inc   (Canada)

^d PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; STABILITY;

FIELD ORIENTED STABILITY ASSESSMENTS; INCLINED WELLS; LIMESTONE RESERVOIRS; LINEAR ELASTIC MODELS; ROCK DETACHMENT; WELLBORE INSTABILITY;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 0030150375     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96-05-02     Document Type: Article

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