Borehole stability in shales: A constitutive model for the mechanical and chemical effects of chilling fluid invasion

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 251-257

  Wong, S W ^a,b   Heidug, W K ^a  

^a Carbonate Development Team   (Netherlands)

^b Sarawak Shell Bhd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DRILLING FLUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOREHOLE STABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SCHEMES; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; POROELASTIC THEORY; STRESS AND STRAIN DISTRIBUTION;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 84976251538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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