Theory of borehole stability when drilling through salt formations

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Carcione, José M ^a   Helle, Hans B ^b,c   Gangi, Anthony F ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Nyborg Geoconsult   (Norway)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling; Rheology; Rocks

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; MECHANICAL TESTING; RHEOLOGY; ROCK DRILLING;

BOREHOLE STABILITY; BURGER MODEL; MAXWELL MECHANICAL MODELS; ROCK SALT; ZENER MECHANICAL MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; BOREHOLE STABILITY; DRILLING; PLANE STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 33745080318     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2195447     Document Type: Article

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