Changing the way we drill

Oilfield Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-49

  Aldred, Walt ^a   Belaskie, Jim ^a   Isangulov, Rustam ^b   Crockett, Barry ^a   Edmondson, Bobby ^a,b   Florence, Fred ^a,b   Srinivasan, Sundaram ^a,b  

^a M/D Totco ^*

^b M D Totco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DRILLING; EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY (ECD); PORE SYSTEMS; RIG-STATE DETECTION;

AUTOMATION; BOREHOLES; CARBONATES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRILL PIPE; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 20144385379     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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