August 2020
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Minimizing risk by determining a safe mud weight window for offshore wellbore construction

Increased requirements for uncertainty analysis have caused a shift in sensitivity assessment, from a deterministic approach to a stochastic process. To ensure wellbore integrity, it’s essential to conduct breakout and geomechanical fracture analysis to estimate a safe mud weight window for use during offshore drilling.
Rasool Khosravanian / University of Stavanger Bernt Sigve Aadnoy / University of Stavanger

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