Local rotations in borehole breakouts - Observed and modeled stress field rotations and their implications for the petroleum industry

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 399-410

  Camac, Bronwyn A ^a   Hunt, Suzanne P ^a   Boult, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boreholes; Discrete elements; Parameters; Petroleum; Stress analysis; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; FAULT PLANE; MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL STRESS; STRESS FIELD ROTATIONS;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ROTATION; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OTWAY BASIN;

EID: 33751101585     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2006)6:6(399)     Document Type: Article

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