Counter-current and co-current gas kicks in "horizontal" wells: Non-Newtonian rheology effects

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-60

  Baca, H ^c   Nikitopoulos, D E ^a   Smith, J R ^b   Bourgoyne, A T ^b  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Counter current flow; Horizontal wells; Two phase

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; PIPE; RHEOLOGY; WELL DRILLING;

CO-CURRENT GAS FLOWS; COUNTER-CURRENT GAS FLOWS; FULL-SCALE TRANSPARENT TEST SECTION; GAS INJECTION RATES; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY EFFECTS; VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0037353623     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1555659     Document Type: Article

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