New ways in understanding borehole breakouts and wellbore stability by fracture mechanics based numerical modelling

Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 3081-3085

  Moeck, I ^a   Backers, T ^b  

^a GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^b GeoFrames ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

HYDRAULIC STIMULATION; PETROMECHANICAL CONDITIONS; STRESS MAGNITUDES; WELLBORE STABILITY;

EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES;

EID: 33947258544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201402451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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