Oxidation studies of light hydrocarbons for underbalanced drilling safety

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Ferguson, H A ^a,b,c   Mehta, S A ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Moore, R G ^{a,c,d,h,i,j,k,l}   Okazawa, N E ^a   Ursenbach, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Natural Resources Ltd   (Canada)

^c CIM Negotiating Team

^d Department of Oil and Gas Engineering ^*

^e Canadian Energy Research Institute CERI   (Canada)

^f International Education Council

^g SPE

^h HOT TEC Energy Inc

ⁱ APEGGA   (Canada)

^j AIChE   (United States)

^k CSChE

^l CHOA

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRILLING FLUIDS; IGNITION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EXOTHERMIC ACTIVITY; FORMATION DAMAGE; GAS RESERVES; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING (UBD);

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 33744520197     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/06-04-03     Document Type: Article

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