Real-time ECD simulation and management using a remote operations center

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 891-898

  Van Oort, Eric ^a   Roy, Sanjit ^b   Zamora, Mario ^b   Toups, Bret ^b  

^a SPE

^b M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DRILLING; HYDRAULICS; PLANNING;

DEEPWATER; EQUIVALENT-CIRCULATING-DENSITY (ECD); PRESSURE-WHILE-DRILLING (PWD); REAL-TIME HYDRAULICS SYSTEM (RTHS);

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 22344445523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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