Constraining In-Situ Stresses at BETA by Analysis of Borehole Images and Downhole Pressure Data

This paper presents the analysis of in-situ stress magnitudes from observed borehole failures. Knowledge about the state of<br>in-situ stress is important for many applications in the petroleum industry such as predicting sanding potential and reservoir<br>behavior during depletion, and defining the range of safe mud weights to prevent lost circulation or wellbore collapse while<br>drilling.