.../10.2523/IPTC-10607-MS . Lima Angelo , L.P. , Pinto , C.N. , and Pinheiro , M. 2016 . A Successful MSE & Geomechanical Application to Avoid Salt Creep, Eliminate NPT, and Optimize Drilling in Large Evaporite Sections in Brazil Pre-Salt . Presented at Rio Oil and Gas Expo...

... operational conditions and assist the choice of the drilling fluid. A simulator has been developed to represent drilling, circulation and static operations involving well drilling processes considering simultaneous effects of solubility and salt creep. The main objective is to avoid wellbore enlargement due...

... and completion because of their mobile nature. The rock salts behave in a visco-elastic manner and deform under pressure. This deformation is called "creep" and occurs over time once the salt is disturbed. Creep begins the instant the drilling penetrates the salt formation and occurs because of instability...

... of the insulation under service conditions experienced in subsea environments. ShawCor's Simulated Service Vessel (SSV) is a key part of a new state of the art facility built to do just this. thickness validation upstream oil & gas reservoir surveillance triaxial creep test thermal conductivity...