Experimental study of aerated mud flows under horizontal borehole conditions

Proceedings of the SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Roundtable Conference

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages 237-245

  Zhou, L ^a   Ahmed, R M ^a   Miska, S Z ^a   Takach, N E ^a   Yu, M ^a   Pickell, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; COMPRESSED AIR; DENSITOMETERS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PRESSURE DROP; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

AIR INJECTION SYSTEMS; COILED TUBING; TWO-PHASE SLUG FLOWS;

MUD LOGGING;

EID: 2942564267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89531-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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