Hydrate control during deepwater drilling: Overview and new drilling-fluids formulations

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-26

  Ebeltoft, H ^a   Yousif, M ^a   Soergard E ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT PREVENTERS; ETHYLENE; GAS HYDRATES; GLYCOLS; HAZARDS; MUD LOGGING; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

POLYMER MUD SYSTEMS;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

BLOWOUT PREVENTER; DEEP WATER; DRILLING FLUID; GAS; HYDRATE; WELL;

BLOWOUT; DEEP WATER; DRILLING FLUID; GAS; WELL;

GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0035265689     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/68207-PA     Document Type: Article

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