Setting a wellbore casing in a salt formation

A method for setting a wellbore casing in a subterranean formation, the method comprising:

• drilling a test wellbore in the subterranean formation;
• generating a density profile of a plurality of geological layers above a salt formation in the subterranean formation based on observations from the test wellbore;
• calculating an overburden stress imposed on the salt formation by weight of overlying formation based on the density profile of the plurality of geological layers;
• performing creep mechanical behavior tests on core samples from the salt formation to generate a strain-time curve for the salt formation;
• calibrating multiple analytical creep models with mechanical properties of the salt data generated by the creep mechanical behavior tests;
• implementing a wellbore closure model based on a best-fit analytical model and mechanical properties of the multiple analytical creep models to generate a relationship between drilling mud weight and casing time window for the salt formation;
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• drilling a well extending through the salt formation and setting a casing through the salt formation within a casing time window based on a weight of a drilling mud used to drill the well.