New water-based mud balances high-performance drilling and environmental compliance

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-267

  Dye, William ^a   d'Augereau, Ken ^b   Hansen, Nels ^a   Otto, Michael ^e   Shoults, Larry ^c   Leaper, Richard ^a   Clapper, Dennis ^d   Xiang, Tao ^d  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b BHDF   (United States)

^c BHDF North American Region   (United States)

^d BHDF   (United States)

^e High Performance Water Based Mud ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE; FIELD TESTING; SYNTHETIC-BASED MUDS; WATER-BASED MUD;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EMULSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING;

COMPLIANCE; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DRILLING; EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MUD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33846855311     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/92367-pa     Document Type: Review

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