Zirconium additives for high-temperature rheology control of dispersed muds

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-152

  Miano, Fausto ⁱ   Carminati, Stefano ^a,d,e   Lockhart, Thomas P ^b,f   Burrafato, Giovanni ^c,g,h  

^a SPE

^b Eniricerche SpA   (Italy)

^c AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^d Colloid Sci Dept with Eniricerche ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Drilling Fluids Dept

^h UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL BASED MUDS; RHEOLOGICAL STABILITY; RHEOLOGY CONTROL; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDE;

ADDITIVES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRILLING FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030244896     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28305-PA     Document Type: Article

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