Wellbore stability modeling and real-time surveillance for deepwater drilling to weak bedding planes and depleted reservoirs

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 145-162

  Lang, James ^a   Li, Shuling ^a   Zhang, Jincai ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; ROCKS;

BOREHOLE INSTABILITY; BOREHOLE TRAJECTORIES; DEPLETED RESERVOIRS; FRACTURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE DEPLETION; REAL-TIME SURVEILLANCE; WELLBORE INSTABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY;

DEEPWATER DRILLING;

EID: 79958119901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139708-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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