An innovative manganese tetra-oxide/KCl water-based drill-in fluids for HT/HP wells

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3380-3407

  Al Yami, A S ^a,b   Nasr El Din, H A ^a,b   Al Majed, A A ^a   Menouar, H ^a,c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE TETRA-OXIDE; SIDETRACK OPERATIONS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; OIL WELLS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER; WELL DRILLING;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 40349087414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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