Hole cleaning and pressure-loss prediction from a bulk transport perspective

SPE Offshore Europe Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 155-160

  Datta, B K ^a   Ratnayake, C ^a   Saasen, A ^b   Omland, T H ^b  

^a Tel Tek   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OIL WELL DRILLING; PRESSURE CONTROL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

HOLE CLEANING; PRESSURE-LOSS PREDICTION; PUMP PRESSURES;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 33645133237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/96315-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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