Transport of small cuttings in extended reach drilling

International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2006 - Sustainable Growth for oil and Gas

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 800-808

  Mingqin, Duan ^a   Miska, Stefan ^a   Mengjiao, Yu ^a   Takach, Nicholas ^a   Ahmed, Ramadan ^a   Zettner, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b ExxonMobil ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID RHEOLOGY; PIPE ROTATION; SAND RESERVOIRS;

DRAG; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; ROTATION; TORQUE;

CUTTING FLUIDS;

EID: 33847000560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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