Assessment of mechanical wellbore stability by numerical analysis of fracture growth

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 582-586

  Moeck, I ^a   Backers, T ^b   Schandelmeier, H ^c  

^a GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*

^b GeoFrames GmbH

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORING; BRITTLENESS; DEFLECTED BOREHOLES; DRILLING; EXHIBITIONS; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; SYSTEM STABILITY; WELL DRILLING; WELLS;

BERLIN , GERMANY; BOREHOLE WALLS; DEVIATED WELLS; DRILLING OPERATIONS; DRILLING PROCESSES; FINANCIAL PLANS; FORMATION DAMAGES; FRACTURE GROWTHS; FRACTURE NETWORKS; IN-SITU; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PERMIAN; PRODUCTION WELLS; SILICICLASTIC RESERVOIRS; STRESS FIELDS; WELLBORE STABILITIES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 55849128102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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