A three-layer hydraulic program for effective cuttings transport and hole cleaning in highly deviated and horizontal wells

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 182-189

  Nguyen, Desmond ^a,b   Rahman, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Santos Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBULENT FLOW;

CUTTINGS TRANSPORT;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

CLEANING; CUTTING; DEVIATED WELL; HORIZONTAL WELL;

CUTTING; HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

EID: 0032172560     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/51186-PA     Document Type: Article

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