Wellbore instability and countermeasures in offshore bedding shale formations

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1712-1718

  Qiang, T ^a   Jingen, D ^a   Baohua, Y ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

bedding shales; borehole collapse; mechanical characteristic; mud density; well trajectory

Indexed keywords

BEDDING SHALES; CALCULATING METHODS; COLLAPSE PRESSURE; CRITICAL VALUE; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MUD DENSITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH METHODS; SHALE FORMATION; STRENGTH ANISOTROPY; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; WELL TRAJECTORY; WELLBORE INSTABILITY;

ANISOTROPY; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL FIELDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHALE; STABILITY; TRAJECTORIES;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

EID: 77957171033     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2010.483444     Document Type: Article

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