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Petroleum Rock Mechanics

Drilling Operations and Well Design
By:Bernt S. Aadnoy; Reza Looyeh
Publisher:Elsevier S & T
Print ISBN:9780128159033
eText ISBN:9780128159040
Edition:2
Copyright:2019
Format:Reflowable

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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.

  • 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