Subsidence-induced shear failures above oil and gas reservoirs

33rd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, USRMS 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages 273-282

  Hamilton, J M ^a   Mailer, A V ^a   Prins, M D ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRICTION; MINERALS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CASING FAILURES; CLAY MINERALOGY; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; FRICTION ANGLES; FRICTIONAL INTERFACE; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; SHEAR FAILURE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85049667084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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