Feeling the Pulse of Drill Cuttings Injection Wells - A Case Study of Simulation, Monitoring and Verification in Alaska

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 951-959

  Guo, Quanxin ^a   Abou Sayed, Ahmed S ^a   Engel, Harold R ^b  

^a Advantek International Corp   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DRILLING FLUIDS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PUMPS; ROCK MECHANICS; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING;

DATA COLLECTION; INJECTION PRESSURE; SLURRY INJECTION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 1142302352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84156-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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