Wellbore-stability study for the SAFOD borehole through the San Andreas Fault

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-408

  Paul, Pijush K ^a,b   Zoback, Mark ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Subsurface Group Inc Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BORING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

A-STABLE; CALIFORNIA; FAULT CREEP; FLUID PENETRATION; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING; MICROEARTHQUAKES; MUD WEIGHTS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; WELLBORE; WELLBORE STABILITY STUDIES;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; BOREHOLE STABILITY; CREEP; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUID; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149348346     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/102781-PA     Document Type: Article

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