Drilling fluid design to prevent formation damage in high permeability quartz arenite sandstones

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 147-153

  Smith, P S ^a   Browne, S V ^a   Heinz, T J ^b   Wise, W V ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b M l Drilling Fluids LLC   (United States)

^c BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; QUARTZ DEPOSITS; WELL PRESSURE;

ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FORMATION DAMAGE; HIGH PERMEABILITY; MUD SYSTEMS; QUARTZ-ARENITE; SKIN FACTORS; WELL PERFORMANCE;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

DAMAGE; FIELD MUD ENGINEERING; HIGH PERMEABILITY QUARTZ ARENITES;

EID: 0029728251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/36430-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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