Advanced and emerging drillstring technologies overcome operational challenges

World Oil

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 23-24

  Chandler, R Brett ^a   Jellison, Michael J ^a   Payne, Mike L ^b   Shepard, Jeff S ^a  

^a Grant Prideco ^*  (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE DRILL PIPE (CDP); DEEP DRILLING; DRILLSTRING MATERIALS; SLIP-CRUSHING;

CORROSION RESISTANCE; DRILL PIPE; JACK-UP RIGS; STEEL;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 33750311411     PISSN: 00438790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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