Evaluation of cement systems for oil- and gas-well zonal isolation in a full-scale annular geometry

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-53

  Boukhelifa, Linda ^a,b   Moroni, Nevio ^c   James, Simon G ^a   Le Roy Delage, Sylvaine ^a   Thiercelin, Marc J ^d   Lemaire, Guillaume ^e  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

^d SCHLUMBERGER MOSCOW RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); NATURAL GAS WELLS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEALANTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MICROANNULUS; WELL ZONAL ISOLATION; WELLBORES;

OIL WELL CEMENTING;

OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION;

EID: 18744416258     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/87195-PA     Document Type: Article

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