Factors governing mud infiltration and impact on wellbore stability in fractured rock mass

American Rock Mechanics Association - 40th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, ALASKA ROCKS 2005: Rock Mechanics for Energy, Mineral and Infrastructure Development in the Northern Regions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tan, C P ^a   Detournay, C ^b   Chen, X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRILLING FLUIDS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INFILL DRILLING; MINERALS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; STABILITY;

FAR-FIELD STRESS; FLUID SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; STRENGTH REDUCTION; WELLBORE INSTABILITY; WELLBORE STABILITY;

ROCKS;

EID: 84947804156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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