Optimization of Drilling Fluid Design for Managing Wellbore Instability in K-Shale in the Malay Basin of Peninsular Malaysia

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 441-454

  Tan, C P ^a   Yaakub, Mohd Azriyuddin ^b   Chen, X ^a   Willoughby, D R ^a   Hamid, Pauziyah Abdul ^b   Wu, B ^a   Ibrahim, Zamanuri ^b   Ibrahim, Zahari ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL STRESSES; LEAK OFF TESTS;

DRILLING FLUIDS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MUD LOGGING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHALE; STRESSES;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1642581505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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