Cover Image

Petroleum related rock mechanics /

Show other versions (5)

Engineers and geologists in the petroleum industry will find Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics, 2E, a powerful resource in providing a basis of rock mechanical knowledge - a knowledge which can greatly assist in the understanding of field behavior, design of test programs and the design of field oper...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Fjaer, Erling
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Developments in petroleum science ; 53.
Subjects:
Petroleum > Geology.
Rock mechanics.
Pétrole > Géologie.
Mécanique des roches.
Petroleum > Geology
Rock mechanics
Erdölgeologie
Gebirgsmechanik
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition. Foreword to the 1992 edition. Preface to the 1992 edition. 1. Elasticity. 2. Failure mechanics. 3. Geological aspects of petroleum related rock mechanics. 4. Stresses around boreholes Borehole failure criteria. 5. Elastic wave propagation in rocks. 6. Rock models. 7. Mechanical properties and stress data from laboratory analysis. 8. Mechanical properties and in situ stresses from field data. 9. Stability during drilling. 10. Solids production. 11. Mechanics of hydraulic fracturing. 12. Reservoir geomechanics. A. Rock properties. B. SI Metric Conversion Factors. C. Mathematical background. D. Some formulas. E. List of symbols. Index.