Shale swelling tests using optimized water content and compaction load

SPE Western Regional Meeting 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 413-430

  Ewy, Russell T ^a   Morton, E Keith ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DRILLING FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; OVENS; PELLETIZING; PORE SIZE; WELL LOGGING;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION LOAD; COMPLETION FLUIDS; DRY STATE; MINERAL CONTENT; SWELLING TEST; UNDER LOADS; WATER AMOUNT;

SHALE;

EID: 70449586994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/121334-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Fann Instrument Company: Linear Swell Meter product brochure, www.fann.com/publicl/pubsdata/Brochures/LSM.pdf. 2007.
3. Sowers, G. F.: Introductory Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Geotechnical Engineering, Chapter 6, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1979.