.... Two CFPCD grades, A & B, were run through a series of tests to evaluate their potential for rock cutting and, ultimately, for use in oil & gas drilling applications. Laboratory testing was conducted on vertical borer wear tests, K IC fracture toughness tests, and thermal degradation...

... Abstract Current experimental methods of assessing rock fracture toughness require a large sample size (i.e., Brazillian test, semi-circular bending, three-point bending), which cannot be extracted at greater depths and along horizontal well. Alternatively, fracture toughness can be evaluated...

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... the influence of pre-existing crack length, orientation, in-situ stress contrast, and fracture toughness on breakdown pressure. It indicates that breakdown pressure (1) does not always increase with increasing dimensionless crack length at different stress contrast, and (2) increase with increasing absolute...

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.... The overall engineering properties and performance are superior to that of pure PCD. Another example of functionally engineered hard materials is double cemented (DC) tungsten carbide. Double cemented tungsten carbide has 50% or higher fracture toughness than conventional cemented tungsten carbide...

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... fluid management & disposal reservoir characterization invasion drillstem/well testing fracture toughness propagation circulation INTRODUCTION Since Anthony Lucas introduced drilling mud as a circulation fluid to remove drill cuttings and cool the drill bit, millions of wells have been...

... fracture propagation pressure. The concept and procedure consist of using the net fracture pressure measured shortly after shut-in (overpressure) to determine the apparent fracture toughness (Γ or K 1c ) of the formation. This field calibrated K 1c or overpressure is then used as an input...

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