Improved bottomhole pressure control for underbalanced drilling operations

Proceedings of the Drilling Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1089-1099

  Perez Tellez C ^a   Smith, J R ^b   Edwards, J K ^b  

^a PEMEX   (Mexico)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PRESSURE CONTROL; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CHOKE PRESSURE; FLOW RATES; LIQUID INJECTION FLOW; WELLBORE PRESSURE;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 33646977376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/87225-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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