Miguel J. Duarte

Data-Driven Drilling Meets Advanced Shale Inhibition: Unlocking Performance in Unconventional Reservoirs

Drilling in unconventional, tight, and shale-dominated formations continues to be constrained by persistent wellbore instability, driven by geomechanically weak zones, abnormal pore pressure gradients, and the high reactivity of clay-rich lithologies. These challenges manifest as borehole enlargement, sloughing, circ...