Novel hydrophobically modified natural polymers for non-damaging fluids

SPE Offshore Europe Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 379-388

  Audibert Hayet, Annie ^a   Rousseau, Lionel ^a   McGregor, William M ^b   Nicora, Luigi F ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Lamberti SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL WELLS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

FILTER CAKES; FLUID INVASION; PRODUCTION ZONES;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 3042834444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/56965-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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