Friction pressure correlations for newtonian and non-newtonian fluids in concentric annuli

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 451-464

  Singhal, N ^a   Shah, S N ^a   Jain, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOW; FRICTIONAL LOSSES; WELL-BORE HYDRAULICS; XANTHAN FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

NEWTONIAN FLOW;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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