Drilling fluid and cementing improvements reduced per-ft drilling costs by 10%

World Oil

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 39-42+44

  Walton, Doug ^a   Ward, Estes ^c   Frenzel, Taryn ^b   Dearing, Harry ^c  

^a Tom Brown Inc   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL CASINGS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

COORDINATED WELL DESIGN; DRILLING COSTS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 0037398496     PISSN: 00438790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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