Scleroglucan biopolymer enhances wbm performances

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 105-119

  Gallino, G ^a   Milanese, San Donato ^a   Guarneri, A ^a   Poli, G ^a   Xiao, L ^a  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; INFILL DRILLING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); BOREHOLES; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CLEANING; COMPOSITION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; OIL WELL DRILLING; PERFORMANCE; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

FIELD APPLICATION; FLUID COMPOSITION; HOLE CLEANING; LABORATORY STUDIES; RATE OF PENETRATION; SCLEROGLUCAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; MUD TOLERANCE; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; SCLEROGLUCAN BIOPOLYMER;

XANTHAN GUM; BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 0029747933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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