Drilling Processes: The Other Half of the Barite Sag Equation

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 317-334

  Dye, William ^a   Mullen, Gregory ^a   Gusler, William ^a  

^a Baker Hughes INTEQ Drilling Fluids   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; BOREHOLES; DRILLING FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MUD LOGGING; OIL WELLS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SLURRIES; VISCOSITY;

ECCENTRICITY; SHEAR RATES; WATER COLUMNS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0345789970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/80495-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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