Correlation of ultralow-shear-rate viscosity and dynamic barite sag

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-34

  Dye, W ^a   Hemphill, T ^a   Guster, W ^a   Mullen, G ^a  

^a Inteq Drilling Fluids   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CIRCULATING MEDIA; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

BARITE SAG; INVERT-EMULSION FLUIDS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

BARITE; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUID; SHEAR RATE; VISCOSITY; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

BARITE; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUID; SHEAR TEST; VISCOSITY; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035266080     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/70128-PA     Document Type: Article

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