Microseismic Response of Well Casing Failures at a Thermal Heavy Oil Operation

Proceedings of the SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 390-396

  Smith, R J ^a   Alinsangan, N S ^a   Talebi, S ^b  

^a Imperial Oil Resources   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HYDRAULICS; OIL WELL CASINGS; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; SHEAR STRENGTH; THERMAL STRESS;

CYCLIC STEAM SIMULATION (CSS); RAPIDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642541018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/78203-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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