Experimental study of effective hole cleaning using "sweeps" in horizontal wellbores

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 435-447

  Valluri, S G ^a   Miska, S Z ^a   Ahmed, R ^a   Yu, M ^a   Takach, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILL PIPE ROTATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ELEVATED PRESSURE (EPET); LOW PRESSURE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (LPAT);

EROSION; HYDRAULICS; OIL WELL DRILLING; RHEOLOGY;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 33750979579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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