Rheological properties and frictional pressure loss of drilling, completion, and stimulation fluids in coiled tubing

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Znou, Yunxu ^a   Shah, Subhash N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COILED TUBING (CT); DRAG REDUCTION; HYDROETHYL CELLULOSE (HEC); PRESSURE LOSS;

CELLULOSE; DRAG; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); FRICTION; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES;

TUBING;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; TUBES;

EID: 11144270400     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1669033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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