Petroleum related rock mechanics
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...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2008.
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| Edition | Second edition. |
| Series | Developments in petroleum science ;
53. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080557090 0080557090 9780444502605 0444502602 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxii, 491 pages) : illustrations |
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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.