Best practice in understanding and managing lost circulation challenges

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Wang, Hong ^a   Sweatman, Ronald ^a   Engelman, Bob ^a   Deeg, Wolfgang ^a,b   Whitfill, Don ^a   Soliman, Mohamed ^a   Towler, Brian F ^c  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Shell Oil's Unconventional Oil Group

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; WELL COMPLETION;

BEST PRACTICES; CURRENT STATUS; LOST CIRCULATION; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; RIG TIME; ROCK MECHANICS AND ENGINEERINGS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BOREHOLE; CIRCULATION MODELING; DRILLING RIG; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 48749099854     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95895-pa     Document Type: Review

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