Experimental study and modeling of yield power-law fluid flow in annuli with drillpipe rotation

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 569-576

  Ahmed, Ramadan ^a   Miska, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILL PIPE; DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLS; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; INFILL DRILLING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; ROTATION; SHEAR THINNING; VELOCITY; XANTHAN GUM;

FLUID CHARACTERIZATION; FRICTION PRESSURE LOSS; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSS; MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLINGS; POLYMER-BASED FLUIDS; PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION; ROTATIONAL VISCOMETER; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION; DRILLING; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FIBER OPTICS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; VISCOMETERS;

EID: 51649088231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/112604-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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