Dynamic fracture width prediction is of great importance to the control of lost circulation,
which often leads to safety, environmental and economic issues and results in severe …

Significant fluid loss while drilling through fractured formations is a major problem for drilling
operations. From field experience, we know that the type and rheological parameters of the …

The recent years have seen a growing awareness of the role played by fractures in
petroleum reservoirs production and recovery. Hence, much effort was devoted to the …

针对裂缝性地层钻井作业时的钻井液漏失问题, 采用幂律模式钻井液, 将地层中裂缝看作任意
倾角, 可变形, 裂缝面粗糙且存在滤失的二维单条裂缝模型, 引入裂缝力学开度和裂缝迂曲度参数 …

When dealing with naturally fractured formations, the knowledge of the location and the
permeability of the fractures intersecting the wellbore has a strong technical and economical …

Lost circulation is a major challenge in drilling naturally fractured formations. The most
common solution for this problem is to add particulate lost circulation materials (LCM) in the …

Drilling is a requisite operation for many industries to reach a targeted subsurface zone.
During operations, various issues and challenges are encountered, particularly drilling fluid …

A systematic investigation of capillary pressure, relative permeability, and fluid flow
characteristics within diatomite (a high porosity, low permeability, siliceous rock) is reported …

In view of the lost circulation in fractured formations, a two-dimensional transient model for
describing a power-law drilling fluid loss in an arbitrarily-oriented, compressible, permeable …

" This book was written for students, new professionals in oil companies, and for anyone with
an interest in reservoir geology. It explains the background to production geology in the …