Cement plugs: Stability and failure by buoyancy-driven mechanism

SPE Offshore Europe Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 363-370

  Crawshaw, J P ^a   Frigaard, I ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SOLUTIONS; STABILITY; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

CEMENT PLUGS; EXCHANGE FLOW; OFF-BOTTOM PLUGS;

OIL WELL CEMENTING;

EID: 3042708800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/56959-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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