Fractured wellbore stress analysis: Sealing cracks to strengthen a wellbore

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 128-142

  Wang, Hong ^a   Towler, Brian F ^b   Soliman, Mohamed ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b U Wyoming   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; MUD LOGGING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONDUCTIVE CRACKS; DRILLING MUD; MUD WEIGHT WINDOW; WELLBORES;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 34147116157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/104947-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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