Modelling of Transient Cuttings Transport in Underbalanced Drilling

Proceedings of the IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference, APDT

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 103-116

  Doan, Q T ^a   Oguztoreli, M ^b   Masuda, Y ^c   Yonezawa, T ^d   Kobayashi, A ^d   Kamp, A ^e  

^a Vincano Inc

^b Mustafa Oguztoreli Inc

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING MEDIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUTTING FLUIDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUD LOGGING; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSIENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

FLOW RATES; WELLBORES;

EXPLORATORY OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1642439095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/62742-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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