Numerical simulations of wellbore stability in under-balanced-drilling wells

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Salehi, Saeed ^a   Hareland, Geir ^b   Nygaard, Runar ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elasto plastic model; Near Yielded Zone Area (NYZA); Wellbore stabiliy analysis

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE WALL; CROSS CHECK; ELASTO-PLASTIC MODELS; ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY; FIELD DATA; FINITE-ELEMENT CODES; FORMATION DAMAGE; FORMATION PORE PRESSURE; FRACTURED CARBONATES; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; INSITU STRESS; LOST CIRCULATION; MATCHING FIELDS; MUD WEIGHT WINDOWS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RATE OF PENETRATION; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK MECHANICAL DATA; SHEAR FAILURE; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING; WELL BORE FLUIDS; WELLBORE; WELLBORE STABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK DRILLING; STABILITY CRITERIA; STRESSES; WELLS;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE; DEEP DRILLING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IN SITU STRESS; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS;

IRAN;

EID: 77954818978     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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