The key to successfully applying today's lost-circulation solutions

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1845-1859

  Wang, H ^a   Sweatman, R ^a   Engelman, B ^a   Deeg, W ^a   Whitfill, D ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESSES;

CRITICAL PARAMETERS; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; LABORATORY DATA; WELLBORE-PRESSURE CONTAINMENT (WPC);

BOREHOLES;

EID: 33644793452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/95895-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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