Development of a new cuttings-transport model for high-angle wellbores including horizontal wells

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Larsen, T I ^a,c   Pilehvari, A A ^b,c   Azar, J J ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Centre for Translational Cancer Research IBT Texas A and M HSC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANNULAR CUTTINGS; CRITICAL TRANSPORT FLUID VELOCITY (CTFV); CUTTING TRAVEL VELOCITY (CTV); HIGH ANGLE WELLBORES;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

CUTTINGS; WELLS-DEVIATED; WELLS-HORIZONTAL;

EID: 0031171686     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/25872-pa     Document Type: Article

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