Wellbore stability study: Lessons and learnings from a tectonically active field

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2009, APOGCE 09

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 769-776

  Han, Gang ^a   Henson, Jo ^a   Timms, Andrew ^a   Aziz, Ilyah Abdul ^a  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIELD; ACTIVE REGIONS; BEDDING PLANES; CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; FISSURE NETWORKS; GAS FIELDS; HIGH VELOCITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MUD WEIGHTS; OVERPRESSURE; PAST AND PRESENT; ROCK STRENGTH; ROOT CAUSE; SEM; SHALE FORMATION; SONIC LOGS; STRENGTH TESTS; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; WELLBORE INSTABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY STUDIES; XRD;

GAS INDUSTRY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; ROCK DRILLING; SHALE; STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 77950809899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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