Effects of Fluid Flow in a Porous Cuttings-Bed on Cuttings Transport Efficiency and Hydraulics

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 529-542

  Cho, Hyun ^a   Shah, Subhash N ^a   Osisanya, Samuel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUTTING; DRILLING; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CUTTINGS-BED; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 1142302860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71374-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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