Stability and flowing properties of aqueous foams for underbalanced drilling

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 185-197

  Argillier, J F ^a   Saintpere, S ^b   Herzhaft, B ^a   Toure, A ^c,d  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b TOTAL Exploitation Production   (France)

^c CENERGYS   (France)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DRILLING FLUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE CONTROL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; STABILITY;

FOAMED DRILLING FLUIDS; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

FOAMS;

EID: 0031625194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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