Utilizing wellbore image data to determine the complete stress tensor: Application to permeability anisotropy and wellbore stability

Log Analyst

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 21-33

  Barton, Colleen A ^a,b,c   Moos, Daniel ^a,b,d   Peska, Pavel ^a,e,f,g   Zoback, Mark D ^a,b,c  

^a GeoMechanics International Inc   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geophysics ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^g Eur for Geomech Intl Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); IMAGE PROCESSING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STABILITY; STRESSES;

STRESS TENSOR; WELLBORE FAILURES; WELLBORE IMAGING;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 0031273202     PISSN: 0024581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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