Fracture width logging while drilling and drilling mud/loss-circulation-material selection guidelines in naturally fractured reservoirs

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-246

  Liétard, Olivier ^b   Unwin, Tessa ^b   Guillot, D J ^b   Hodder, M H ^a  

^a Dowell   (Colombia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL TESTING; OIL WELLS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

DRILLING MUD LOSSES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DRILLING MUD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; WELL LOGGING;

DRILLING FLUID; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 0347925080     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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