Hydraulic optimization of foam drilling for maximum drilling rate in vertical wells

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 258-267

  Kuru, Ergun ^a   Okunsebor, Osunde Mcdonald ^a   Li, Yibing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING MEDIA; DRILLING FLUIDS; FOAMS; HYDRAULICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

DRILLING RATE; FOAM DRILLING; HYDRAULIC OPTIMIZATION; VERTICAL WELLS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

CIRCULATING MEDIA; DRILLING FLUIDS; FOAMS; HYDRAULICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION;

DRILLING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 31144464183     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/91610-pa     Document Type: Article

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