The Use of Lightweight Cement Slurries and Downhole Chokes Improves the Success of Primary Cementing on Air-Drilled Wells

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 5203-5213

  Brown, Devin ^a   Ferg, Thomas ^b  

^a BJ SERVICES COMPANY

^b ConocoPhillips ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COSTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AIR-DRILLED WELLS; CEMENT SLURRIES;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142264262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84561-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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