Effects of boundary conditions and friction on static buckling of pipe in a horizontal well

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 78-94

  Gao, Guohua ^a   Miska, Stefan ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FRICTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; LINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TUBING; WELL COMPLETION;

BUCKLING EQUATION; CRITICAL CONDITION; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; LATERAL FRICTION; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; PERTURBATION SOLUTIONS; PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK;

BUCKLING;

EID: 51649121358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/111511-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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