Managed-pressure drilling - Recent experience, potential efficiency gains, and future opportunities

Proceedings of the IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference 2006 - Meeting the Value Challenge: Performance, Deliverability and Cost

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 391-395

  Kozicz, John ^a  

^a Transocean Anti Corrosion Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLING RIGS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FLOATING DRILLING RIGS; INDUSTRY EFFORTS; MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING (MPD); PRESSURE DRILLING;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 33846160987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/103753-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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