State-of-the-art cuttings transport in horizontal wellbores

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 196-200

  Pilehvari, Ali A ^a   Azar, J J ^b   Shirazi, Siamack A ^b  

^a Texas AandM Health Science Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; DRILL PIPE; HYDRAULICS; OIL WELL DRILLING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

HOLE CLEANING; HORIZONTAL WELLBORES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

CUTTING; HOLE CLEANING ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL WELL; TRANSPORT;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING; WELL;

EID: 0033190339     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/57716-PA     Document Type: Review

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