Computer simulation predicts unfavorable mud rate and optimum air injection rate for aerated mud drilling

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Guo, Boyun ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hareland, Geir ^b,g,h,i,j   Rajtar, Jerzy ^b,k,l,m  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Daqing Petroleum Administrative Bureau   (China)

^e NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Motana C Mineral Sci and Technol ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

ⁱ OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Amoco   (United States)

^k Poultry Science Department Texas AandM   (United States)

^l AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^m U of Mining and Metallurgy

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AERATED DRILLING; AERATED MUD; AIR INJECTION RATE; CARRYING CAPACITY; LOWEST FLOWING ANNULUS PRESSURE; MUD RATE; WELL GEOMETRY;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING; DRILLING MUD;

EID: 0030159454     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/26892-PA     Document Type: Article

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