Pressurization of a fractured wellbore

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1105-1112

  Thiercelin, M ^a   Atkinson, C ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

NEAR WELLBORE; OPEN SECTION; PRESSURE RESPONSE; STATE OF STRESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WELL BORE FLUIDS; WELLBORE PRESSURE; WELLBORE STABILITY;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 85038053658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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