Cuttings Transport in Directional and Horizontal Wells while Aerated Mud Drilling

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 73-80

  Naganawa, Shigemi ^a   Oikawa, Atsushi ^a,d   Masuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Yonezawa, Tetsuo ^b   Hoshino, Masashi ^b   Acuna, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c PDVSA/Intevep   (United States)

^d Japan Drilling Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATED MUD DRILLING; CRITICAL FLOW RATE (CFR);

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; RHEOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 1642499604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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