Mud Chemistry Effects on Time-Delayed Borehole Stability Problems in Shales

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 118-124

  Fjær, Erling ^a   Holt, Rune M ^a   Nes, Olav Magnar ^a   Sønstebø, Eyvind F ^a  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE STABILITY; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES;

BOREHOLES; DRILLING FLUIDS; ELECTROSTATICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SHALE; WELL DRILLING;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 1642581557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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