A method of estimating horizontal principal stress magnitudes from stress-induced wellbore breakout and leak-off tests and its application to petroleum engineering

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-64

  Zhou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

In situ stress; Petroleum engineering

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; IN SITU STRESS; LEAK OFF TEST; STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030931792     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.3.1.57     Document Type: Article

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