Field verification: Invert-mud performance from water-based mud in Gulf of Mexico shelf

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-43

  Aldea, Catalin ^a   Bruton, James R ^a   Dobbs, William R ^a   Klein, Aaron L ^b  

^a M I SWACO   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OFFSHORE DRILLING; SEAWATER; SHALE; WELL DRILLING;

BOTTOMHOLE ASSEMBLIES (BHA); GULF OF MEXICO; SYNTHETIC BASED MUDS (SBM); WATER BASED MUDS (WBM);

DRILLING FLUIDS;

OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION;

EID: 18744406010     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84314-pa     Document Type: Article

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