New Empirical Friction Loss Correlation for Foam Fluids in Coiled Tubing

Proceedings of the SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Roundtable Conf

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 61-71

  Khade, Sudhakar D ^a   Shah, Subhash N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FOAMS; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBING; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; WELL DRILLING;

COILED TUBINGS (CT); FOAM FLUIDS; FRICTION LOSSES;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 1642477654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/74810-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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