Hole-cleaning capabilities of an ester-based drilling fluid system

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Kenny, Patrick ^a,b,c   Hemphill, Terry ^a,d,e  

^a SPE

^b Statoil's Drilling Eng Department

^c Edinburg U

^d Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DRILLING FLUIDS; ESTER-BASED; EXTENDED REACH; WELLS-PETROLEUM;

BOREHOLES; CALCULATIONS; EMULSIONS; ESTERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ESTER BASED MUD SYSTEM; EXTENDED REACH DRILLING; HOLE CLEANING; MUD PROPERTIES; YIELD POWER LAW;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 0030088257     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28308-pa     Document Type: Article

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