Determination of in-situ stress and rock strength using borehole acoustic data

79th Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Annual Meeting 2009, SEG 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3505-3509

  Sayers, Colin M ^a   Nagy, Zsolt ^a   Adachi, José ^a   Singh, Vasudev ^a   Tagbor, Kwasi ^a   Hooyman, Patrick ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOMECHANICS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKS; SHEAR WAVES; STRESSES; WELL DRILLING;

ACOUSTIC DATA; FAR FIELD; HORIZONTAL STRESS; INSITU STRESS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; ROCK STRENGTH; STONELEY WAVES; VERTICAL STRESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 85055516925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3255591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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