Determining circulating fluid temperature in drilling, workover, and well-control operations

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 74-78

  Kabir, C S ^a   Hasan, A R ^a   Kouba, G E ^a   Ameen, M M ^b,c  

^a SPE

^b U of North Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRILL PIPE; ESTIMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WELL WORKOVER;

ANNULUS SYSTEM; CIRCULATING FLUID; CIRCULATION TIME; FLUID TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION; WELL CONTROL OPERATIONS; WELL DEPTH; WELLBORE;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

DRILLING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WELL CONTROL;

EID: 0030158043     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/24581-pa     Document Type: Article

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