The effect of drillpipe rotation on pressure losses and fluid velocity profile in foam drilling

SPE Western Regional Meeting Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 602-612

  Duan, Mingqin ^a,b   Miska, Stefan ^a,b   Yu, Mengjiao ^a,b   Takach, Nicholas ^a,b   Ahmed, Ramadan ^a,b   Hallman, John ^c  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD   (United States)

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EID: 49649122325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114185-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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