Making a Case for Rethinking Lost Circulation Treatments in Induced Fractures

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 201-208

  Ivan, Catalin D ^a   Bruton, James R ^a   Thiercelin, Marc ^b   Bedel, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a M I LLC ^*

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; EROSION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL CASINGS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL DRILLING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR STRENGTH;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; LOST CIRCULATION MATERIALS (LCM); PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (PSD);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 1142267314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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