Influence of Temperature and Clays/Emulsion Microstructure on Oil-Based Mud Low Shear Rate Rheology

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3923-3933

  Herzhaft, Benjamin ^a   Rousseau, Lionel ^a   Neau, Laurent ^a   Moan, Michel ^b   Bossard, Frederic ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; EMULSIONS; HYSTERESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

OIL-BASED MUDS (OBM); SHEAR RATE RHEOLOGY;

MUD LOGGING;

EID: 1142278642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77818-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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