Horizontal underbalanced drilling of gas wells with coiled tubing

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-10

  Cox, Rob J ^a   Li, Jeff ^b   Lupick, Greg J ^c  

^a Canadian Fracmaster Ltd   (Canada)

^b Nowsco Well Service Ltd   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT PREVENTION; BOREHOLES; DRILLING EQUIPMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WELL PRESSURE;

COILED TUBING DRILLING TECHNOLOGY; HORIZONTAL UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING;

GAS WELL; HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

GAS WELL; HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

EID: 0033102289     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/55036-PA     Document Type: Article

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