• Can Heating Induce Borehole Closure? 

      Xie, Xiyang; Bauer, Andreas; Stenebråten, Jørn; Bakheim, Sigurd; Lavrov, Alexandre; Fjær, Erling; Kristiansen, Tron Golder (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The current study shows that heating a cased borehole in low-permeability shale rock can induce plastic deformation, leading to the closure of the casing annulus and decreasing annulus connectivity. The thermally induced ...
    • Characteristic features of shale barrier materials 

      Fjær, Erling; Stenebråten, Jørn; Bakheim, Sigurd; Larsen, Idar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Deep wells in soft formations are completed with a steel tube (“casing”) that isolates the well from the surrounding rock. The annulus between the casing and the rock is usually left open in long sections of the well, thus ...