Petroleum rock mechanics : drilling operations and well design /

Petroleum Rock Mechanics: Drilling Operations and Well Design, Second Edition, keeps petroleum and drilling engineers centrally focused on the basic fundamentals surrounding geomechanics, while also keeping them up-to-speed on the latest issues and practical problems. Updated with new chapters on op...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aadnøy, Bernt Sigve (Author), Looyeh, Reza (Author)
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, 2019.
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Petroleum Rock Mechanics: Drilling Operations and Well Design, Second Edition, keeps petroleum and drilling engineers centrally focused on the basic fundamentals surrounding geomechanics, while also keeping them up-to-speed on the latest issues and practical problems. Updated with new chapters on operations surrounding shale oil, shale gas, and hydraulic fracturing, and with new sections on in-situ stress, drilling design of optimal mud weight, and wellbore instability analysis, this book is an ideal resource. By creating a link between theory with practical problems, this updated edition continues to provide the most recent research and fundamentals critical to today's drilling operations. Key Features: Helps readers grasp the techniques needed to analyze and solve drilling challenges, in particular wellbore instability analysis; Teaches rock mechanic fundamentals and presents new concepts surrounding sand production and hydraulic fracturing operations; Includes new case studies and sample problems to practice. --
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780128159040
0128159049