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Wellbore Breakout

Wellbore Breakout is a geological failure mechanism characterized by the localized compressive fracturing and spalling of rock on opposite sides of a wellbore wall, typically observed in vertical or deviated boreholes subjected to in-situ stress anisotropy.

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Stress perturbations associated with active faults penetrated by boreholes: Possible evidence for near‐complete stress drop and a new technique for stress magnitude measurement

Colleen Barton, Mark D. Zoback · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1994 · 241 citations

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Laboratory study of borehole breakouts in Lac du Bonnet granite: a case of extensile failure mechanism

Melissa Zhang Lee, B.C. Haimson · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1993 · 142 citations

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Laboratory study of borehole breakouts in Cordova Cream: a case of shear failure mechanism

B.C. Haimson, I. Song · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1993 · 122 citations

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Fracture energy release and size effect in borehole breakout

Zdeněk P. Bažant, Feng‐Bao Lin, Horst Lippmann · International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics · 1993 · 103 citations

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Application of extreme gradient boosting method for evaluating the properties of episodic failure of borehole breakout

Reza Sarkhani Benemaran · Geoenergy Science and Engineering · 2023 · 80 citations

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Authors

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  1. BH
    B.C. Haimson

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    6 publications · 429 citations

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  2. CP
    Cary Purdy

    Halliburton (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    3 publications · 127 citations

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  3. XL
    Xiaorong Li

    China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. IS
    I. Song

    Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, South Korea

    2 publications · 132 citations

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  5. RW
    Robert W. Zimmerman

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 92 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    768 citations

  2. ExxonMobil (United States)

    Irving, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    129 citations

  3. Southwest Petroleum University

    Chengdu, China

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    152 citations

  4. Halliburton (United Kingdom)

    Arbroath, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    312 citations

  5. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    148 citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    274 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    159 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 280 citations

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  4. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  5. The APPEA Journal

    2 publications · 65 citations

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