High Membrane Efficiency Water-Based Drilling Fluids: Alternatives to Invert Emulsion Fluids for Drilling Troublesome Shale Formations

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 391-399

  Tan, Chee P ^a   Drummond, Calum J ^a   Mody, Fersheed K ^b   Tare, Uday A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Shell Intl Explor Production Inc   (United States)

^c HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL SHALE; OSMOSIS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PORE SIZE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SALTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MEMBRANE EFFICIENCY; SHALE STABILIZATION;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1642562651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/77865-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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