Drilling Practices and Sweep Selection for Efficient Hole Cleaning in Deviated Wellbores

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 451-459

  Power, D J ^a   Hight, C ^a   Weisinger, D ^b   Rimer, C ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Vastar Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CIRCULATING MEDIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUTTING FLUIDS; DRILL PIPE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; RHEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE CLEANING; VISCOSITY;

VERTICAL WELLS; WELLBORES;

DEEP OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1642480037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/62794-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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