Novel approach to borehole stability modeling for ERD and deepwater drilling

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium 1999, MCOS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Tare, U A ^a   Mody, F K ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DRILLING FLUIDS; GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SHALE;

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE; BOREHOLE STABILITY; BUSINESS CHALLENGES; DEEPWATER APPLICATIONS; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; PRESSURE PENETRATION; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE;

DEEPWATER DRILLING;

EID: 85088774402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/52188-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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