A new 3D stability model for the design of non-vertical wellbores

Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium - ARMA's Golden Rocks 2006 - 50 Years of Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Al Ajmi, A M ^a,b   Zimmerman, R W ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COLLAPSE PRESSURE; COULOMB CRITERION; COULOMB LAW; D STABILITY; DRUCKER-PRAGER; INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL STRESS; LINEAR ELASTIC; MOHR-COULOMB; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; MUD WEIGHTS; POLYAXIAL STRESS STATE; SHEAR FAILURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTHENING EFFECT; TRI-AXIAL STRESS STATE; VERTICAL BOREHOLE; WELL BORE; WELLBORE STABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BOREHOLES; BORING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STABILITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 69149084634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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