Stress, porosity, and failure-dependent compressional and shear velocity ratio and its application to wellbore stability

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Zhang, Jincai ^a   Lang, James ^b   Standifird, William ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

compressional and shear velocities; failure and fracture; rubble zone detection; velocity ratio; wellbore stability

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL; FAILURE AND FRACTURE; SHEAR VELOCITIES; VELOCITY RATIO; WELLBORE STABILITY; ZONE DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BOREHOLES; LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; POROSITY; ROCK DRILLING; ROCKS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STRESSES; VELOCITY; WELL DRILLING;

FRACTURE;

BOREHOLE; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION; DRILLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; IN SITU STRESS; LABORATORY METHOD; LITHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST; WAVE VELOCITY; WELL LOGGING; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 74249115147     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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