​Wellbore Stability & Geomechanical Modeling of Unconventional Reservoirs

University of North Dakota
Southern Illinois University
2012-2017
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Project Description: Different investigations were conducted to evaluate wellbore stability specifically in unconventional reservoirs in Bakken Formation in North Dakota. 

The 3D model of an inclined wellbore and the displacement distribution around the wellbore

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Related Publications:

​Stability Analysis of Multilateral High Density Pad Wells in the Three Forks Formation
Society of Petroleum Engineers, Garden Grove, CA
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Probabilistic Time-Dependent Thermo-chemo-poroelastic Borehole Stability Analysis in Shale Formations
49th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. San Francisco, CA (ARMA 2015)

Geomechanical Modeling of Inclined Wellbore in‎ Anisotropic Shale Layers of Bakken Formation
48th US Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium. Minneapolis, MN (ARMA 2014)

Wellbore Instability of Inclined Wells in Highly Layerd Rocks – Bakken Case Study
Charleston, WV: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Stress Analysis and Wellbore Stability in Unconventional Reservoirs
47th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. San Francisco, CA (ARMA 2013)

Geomechanical Modeling of an Anisotropic Formation-Bakken Case Study
46th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Chicago, IL (ARMA 2012)