Mitigating Wellbore Stability Problems while Drilling with Water-Based Muds in Deepwater Environments

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2365-2372

  Tare, U A ^a   Mody, F K ^b   Tan, C P ^c  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; CREEP; DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLING RIGS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MUD LOGGING; SHALE; SILT; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLUID-SHALE INTERACTION; SHALE DRILLING;

UNDERWATER DRILLING;

EID: 1642562823     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/14267-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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