Foam computer model helps in analysis of underbalanced drilling

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 27, 1996, Pages 114-119

  Liu, Gefei ^a,b   Medley Jr , George H ^a,c  

^a Maurer Technology Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; FOAM; MODELLING-COMPUTER; RHEOLOGY; UNDERBALANCED;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FOAMS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATION; FANNING FRICTION FACTORS; INFLUX; MECHANICAL ENERGY; MOMENTUM EQUATION; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0030196986     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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