Micro-Flux Control: The Next Generation in Drilling Process

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1086-1094

  Santos, Helio ^a   Leuchtenberg, Christian ^a   Shayegi, Sara ^a  

^a Impact Engineering Solutions

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DRILL PIPE; FRACTURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; PRODUCTIVITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

LOW HEAD DRILLING (LHD); MICRO-FLUX CONTROL; NEAR BALANCED DRILLING (NBD); UNDERBALANCED DRILLING (UBD);

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0346368611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81183-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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