Assessment of the Mounds Drill Cuttings Injection Disposal Domain

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 559-574

  Peterson, R E ^a   Warpinski, N R ^b   Lorenz, J C ^b   Garber, M ^c   Wolhart, S L ^d   Steiger, R P ^e  

^a Branagan and Associates

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CUTTING; DEPOSITION; DYES; FRACTURE; GLASS; HYDRAULICS; SLURRIES;

BOREHOLE WALLS; GLASS MICROSPHERES;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1142290761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71378-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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