The geological selection of drilling fluids in horizontal wells

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Hillier, Iain ^a  

^a Baker Hughes INTEQ Gladstone House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drilling fluid; Drilling in; Formation damage; Horizontal

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUID; GEOLOGY; HORIZONTAL WELL;

DRILLING FLUID; DRILLING FLUIDS; FORMATION DAMAGE; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS;

EID: 0031848828     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.4.1.29     Document Type: Article

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