Stress partitioning and wellbore failure in the West Tuna area, Gippsland Basin

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Nelson, Emma ^a   Hillis, Richard ^b   Mildren, Scott ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c JRS Petroleum Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Gippsland Basin; Present day stress; Wellbore stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009349881     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG06215     Document Type: Article

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