The Top 10 Reasons to Rethink Hydraulics and Rheology

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 73-80

  Zamora, M ^a   Roy, S ^a  

^a M I LLC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRILLING FLUIDS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDRAULICS; OIL FIELDS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGY; VISCOMETERS; WELL PRESSURE;

EQUIVALENT STATIC DENSITY (ESD); PRESSURE LOSSES; PRESSURE WHILE DRILLING (PWD) TECHNOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BASED MUD (SBM);

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1642439099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/62731-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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