A new approach to evaluate temperature effects on rheological behavior of formate-based fluids

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-145

  Lomba, Rosana Fátima Teixeira ^a   De Sá, Carlos Henrique Marques ^a   Brandão, Edimir Martins ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SALTS; SHEAR STRESS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); THERMAL EFFECTS;

FORMATE-BASED FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 0036758549     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1485293     Document Type: Article

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