Reservoir geomechanic /

Zoback, Mark D.

Reservoir geomechanic / Mark D. Zobcak - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 449 pages : illustrations (some color)

Preface PART I :Basic Principles
1-The Tectonic stress field -- 2-Pore pressure at depth in sedimentary basins --
3-Basic constitutive laws --
4-Rock failure in compression, tension, and shear --
5-Faults and fractures at depth --
PART II: Measuring Stress Orientation and Gagnitude 6-Compressive and tensile failures in verticle wells --
7-Determination of S₃ from mini-fracs and extended leak-off tests and constraining the magnitude of S[subscript][Hmax] from 8-wellbore failures in vertical wells --
9-Wellbore failure and stress determination in deviated wells --
PART III: Application 10-Wellbore stability --
11-Critically stressed faults and fluid flow --
12-Effects of reservoir depletion. Reference Idex

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