Core Lab operates a full service geomechanics laboratory that provides customers with test data and engineering analyses to predict borehole failure. Wellbore stability and sanding predictions are simulated in the laboratory by performing either traditional thick-wall cylinder test or our proprietary advanced thick-wall cylinder test.
Traditional Thick Wall Cylinder Test Lab Simulation of Perforation Failure
The thick-wall cylinder test employs a geometry that simulates actual loading conditions under downhole stresses. This provides direct measure of pressures under which a hole will start producing sand or cause other problems like casing collapse. Armed with this information, an operator can control conditions to maintain wellbore stability.
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