Interaction between shale and water-based drilling fluids: Laboratory exposure tests give new insight into mechanisms and field consequences of KCl contents

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 215-225

  Horsrud, P ^a   Bostrom B ^b   Sonstebo E F ^a   Holt, R M ^a,c  

^a IKU Petroleum Research   (United States)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c Department of Linguistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DRILLING FLUIDS; INFILL DRILLING; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM; SHALE; TESTING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ION EXCHANGE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL SHALE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; STABILITY; STRESSES;

BOREHOLE INSTABILITY; DOWNHOLE CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; SHALE-FLUID INTERACTIONS; SHRINKAGE EFFECTS; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; WATER-BASED MUDS;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; DRILLING FLUIDS;

BOREHOLE INSTABILITIES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031644393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/48986-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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