Drilling high-angle casing directionally drilled wells with fit-for-purpose string sizes

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1227-1234

  Borland, B ^a   Watts, R ^a   Warren, T ^b   Lesso, B ^c  

^a ConocoPhillips ^*

^b Tesco Corporation   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING EQUIPMENT; DRILLING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELL CASINGS; TEST FACILITIES;

DRILLING TOOLS; HIGH-ANGLE CASING; ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEMS (RSS); ROTATING SPEED;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 33645322367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/99248-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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