Effect of eccentricity, voids, cement channels, and pore pressure decline on collapse resistance of casing

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1079-1086

  Berger, A ^a   Fleckenstein, W W ^a   Eustes, A W ^a   Thonhauser, G ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POISSON RATIO; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CASING; CEMENT CHANNELS; COLLAPSE RESISTANCE; ECCENTRICITY;

PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 22044431742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/90045-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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