Viscous-Pill Design Methodology Leads to Increased Cement Plug Success Rates; Application and Case Studies from Southern Algeria

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 207-213

  Wamba Fosso, S ^a   Tina, M ^b   Frigaard, I A ^a   Crawshaw, J P ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b SONATRACH   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PLUGS; CEMENT SLURRIES;

ACCELERATION; CEMENTS; CONTAMINATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OIL WELL DRILLING; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

OIL WELL CEMENTING;

EID: 1642520812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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