Mud removal and cement placement during primary cementing of an oil well

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 43, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 229-253

  Bittleston, S H ^a   Ferguson, J ^a   Frigaard, I A ^a,b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Displacement flows; Hele Shaw cell; Non Newtonian fluids; Visco plastic fluid flow

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COUPLINGS; GEOMETRY; OIL WELL CASINGS; POISSON EQUATION;

MUD REMOVAL;

OIL WELLS;

CEMENTING; OIL WELL;

EID: 0036699380     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020370417367     Document Type: Article

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