A shaly look at brittleness

45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Holt, R M ^a   Fjaer E ^a,b   Nes, O M ^a   Alassi, H T ^a  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE STABILITY; CLAY CONTENT; FIELD DATA; GAS SHALES; HIGH POROSITY; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; KEY PARAMETERS; LINEAR STRAINS; LOW PERMEABILITY ROCK; MECHANICAL TESTS; MUD WEIGHT WINDOWS; NORTH SEA; PEAK STRESS; PRESSURE EVOLUTION; STRESS DROP; STRESS LEVELS; TOTAL STRAIN; UNDRAINED;

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PLASTICITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHALE;

BRITTLENESS;

EID: 82555183564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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