Estimation of formation stresses using borehole sonic data

49th Annual Logging Symposium 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sinha, Bikash K ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Kisra, Saad ^a   Li, Ji ^a   Pistre, Vivian ^a   Bratton, Tom ^a   Sanders, Michael ^a   Jun, Cai ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b >CNOOC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LITHOLOGY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL LOGGING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES;

ACOUSTOELASTIC EFFECTS; BOREHOLE STABILITY; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EXTENDED LEAK OFF TESTS; MECHANICAL EARTH MODELS; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

STRESSES;

EID: 84946787544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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