Effect of polymers on the rheological properties of KCl/polymer type drilling fluids

Energy Sources

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-415

  Kok, Mustafa Versan ^a   Alikaya, Tolga ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drilling fluid; Flow behavior; Polymer; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RHEOLOGY;

FILTRATION CONTROL; FLOW BEHAVIOR; FLUID CONCENTRATION; GUAR GUM;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 14544303274     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490441809     Document Type: Article

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