Casing-while-drilling: The next step change in well construction

World Oil

Volumn 220, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 34-40

  Tarr, Brian ^a,b   Sukup, Richard ^a  

^a MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346304058     PISSN: 00438790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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