Changing borehole geometry and lost-circulation control

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Deeg, W F J ^a   Wang, H ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; VORTEX FLOW;

BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS; BOREHOLE STABILITY; BOREHOLE STABILITY ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ANALYSIS; LOST CIRCULATION CONTROL; MUD WEIGHT WINDOWS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOUS GEL-LIKE MATERIALS;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 85053760909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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