Rheological property measurement of drilling fluids used in geothermal wells

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-302

  Santoyo, E ^a   Santoyo Gutierrez S ^b   Garcia A ^b   Espinosa, G ^c   Moya, S L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL WELLS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WELL DRILLING;

HIGH TEMPERATURE DRILLING FLUID SYSTEMS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 0342960449     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(00)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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