Thermal behaviour of geothermal wells using mud and air-water mixtures as drilling fluids

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1513-1527

  Espinosa Paredes, Gilberto ^a,c   Garcia Gutierrez, Alfonso ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circulation; Drilling; Geothermal well; Surrounding formation; Two phase flow; Well temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; ENERGY RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; ROCKS; SLURRIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WELL CEMENTING;

CIRCULATION; SURROUNDING FORMATIONS; WELL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

EID: 0442280374     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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