A supplement to 'A study of the design of inclined wellbores with regard to both mechanical stability and fracture intersection'

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 145-147

  Zhou, Shaohua ^a   Hillis, Richard ^b   Sandiford, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracture; Inclined wellbores; Mechanical stability

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; WELL DRILLING;

INCLINED WELLBORES; MUD WEIGHT; WELLBORE ALIGNMENT;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE STABILITY; DRILLING MUD; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INCLINED BOREHOLE; STABILITY;

EID: 0030428432     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(96)00032-8     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Jaeger, J.C. and Cook, N., 1969. Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics. Methuen and Co, London, p. 513.
3. Zhou, S., Hillis, R. and Sandiford, M., 1994. A study of the design of inclined wellbores with regard to both mechanical stability and fracture intersection, and its application to the Australian North West Shelf. J. Appl. Geophys., 32: 293-304.