Addressing BHA whirl: The culprit in Mobile Bay

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-236

  Mason, J S ^a   Sprawls, B M ^b,c  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b Unocal Indonesia Ltd   (Indonesia)

^c Unocal Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION CONTROL;

BOTTOMHOLE ASSEMBLY WHIRL;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

DRILLING; FAILURE; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WHIRL;

DRILLING; FAILURE MECHANISM; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WHIRL;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032456931     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/52887-PA     Document Type: Article

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