Advanced torque-and-drag considerations in extended-reach wells

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-62

  Payne, M L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Abbassian, Fereidoun ^b,g,h,i  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e SPE Editorial Review Committee   (United States)

^f AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DRAG; DRILL PIPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; OIL WELL DRILLING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EXTENDED REACH DRILLING; EXTENDED REACH WELLS; SOFT STRING MODEL;

OIL WELLS;

DRAG; TORQUE; WELLS;

EID: 0031105656     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/35102-pa     Document Type: Article

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