Casing ultradeep, ultralong salt sections in deep water: A case study for failure diagnosis and risk mitigation in record-depth well

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 129-152

  Zhang, Jincai ^a   Standifird, William ^b   Lenamond, Chris ^c  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Knowledge Systems

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BOREHOLES; CREEP; DISCOVERY WELLS; DRILLING FLUIDS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STABILITY; STRESSES; WELL DRILLING;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CONSTRUCTION OF MODELS; DRILLING FLUID LOSS; ELASTOPLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; EXTENDED REACH WELL; NON-UNIFORM STRESS; OPTIMIZED DRILLING; WELLBORE INSTABILITY;

LOADING;

EID: 58849101416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114273-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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