This thesis presents an approach for analysis of casing stresses in oil wells due to the fenomena of creep of rock salt. The main aspects of wellbore stability and deformability while drilling salt formations are also discussed. In order to obtain the solutions for the differential equations of continous salt media, the finite element method has been used through the application of the ANVEC program for underground excavation analysis, utilizing constitutive laws obtained from salt mining projects. The mechanical behavior of casings are also analized according with the procedures considered in the petroleum literature, in which the salt loads are considered as time-independent. The results are in agreement with the observations of several autors that a sucessfull primary cement job is the main concern for keep the integrity of casing strings set acoss salt formations for long time. At the end of this work, the salt creep behaviour of a section of one well drilled in Campos basin are simulated and compared with field data.