Preventing lost circulation requires planning ahead

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2nd International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 265-268

  Whittill, Donald L ^a   Wang, Max ^a   Jamison, Dale ^a   Angove Rogers, Adrian ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DECISION MAKING; DRILLING; FRACTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEALANTS;

CHEMICAL SEALANT (CS); EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY (ECD); WELLBORE STRESSES (WSM);

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 36348939859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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