Underbalanced Drilling Dynamics: Two-Phase Flow Modeling and Experiments

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 117-128

  Lage, A C V M ^a   Fjelde, K K ^b   Time, R W ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b RF Rogaland Research   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS DYNAMICS; IN SITU PROCESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; TRANSIENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLOW VELOCITY; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING (UBD);

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 1642520824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/62743-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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