Challenges for Monitoring and Verification of Drill Cuttings Reinjection Performance

Proceedings of the SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 257-265

  Abou Sayed, Ahmed S ^a   Guo, Quanxin ^a   Wang, Gary ^a   McLennan, John D ^a   Zaki, Karim ^a  

^a Advantek International Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SEISMOLOGY; SLURRIES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DRILL CUTTINGS RE-INJECTION (DCRI); HYDRAULIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; TILTMETERS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 1642459180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/78186-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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