Field applications of ERD hole cleaning modeling

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-253

  Hemphill, A T ^a   Pogue, Tom ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PUMPING; OIL WELL TESTING; RHEOLOGY;

EXTENDED-REACH WELLS; HOLE CLEANING;

BOREHOLES;

DEVIATED WELL; FIELD TEST; HOLE CLEANING ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0033512709     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/59731-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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