Borehole stability of multilateral junctions

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 245-255

  Aadnoy, Bernt S ^a   Edland, Cecilie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collapse; Fracturing; Multilateral junction; Oval hole

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

BOREHOLE; COLLAPSE; FRACTURE; JUNCTION;

EID: 0035443926     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(01)00137-1     Document Type: Article

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