Benchmark performance: Zero barite sag and significantly reduced downhole losses with the industry's first clay-free synthetic-based fluid

Proceedings of the Drilling Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 385-392

  Burrows, Kim ^a   Carbajal, David ^a   Kirsner, Jeff ^a   Owen, Bobby ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTERS; LIGNITE; OIL WELL CASINGS; RHEOLOGY;

BARITE SAG; OIL-BASED FLUIDS (OBF); SYNTHETIC-BASED FLUIDS (SBF);

BARITE;

EID: 33646982049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/87138-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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