Underbalanced drilling: Improving pipe connection procedures using automatic control

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4483-4489

  Nygaard, Gerhard H ^a   Vefring, Erlend H ^b   Mylvaganam, Saba ^a   Lorenzen, Rolf Johan ^c   Nævdal, Geir ^c   Fjelde, Kjell Kåre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SPE   (Norway)

^c RF Rogaland Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL REFERENCE VARIABLES; PIPE CONNECTION PROCEDURE; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; WELL RESERVIORS;

CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); CONTROL SYSTEMS; DRILLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE CONTROL; WELL PRESSURE;

PIPE;

EID: 22044453222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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