Are casing centralization calculations really conservative?

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1076-1086

  Guillot, D J ^a   Froelich, B ^a   Caceres, E ^a   Verbakel, R ^b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; DEFLECTED BOREHOLES; EXHIBITIONS; GAGES; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

ANNULAR SPACE; CEMENT PLACEMENT; DEVIATED WELLS; DOWN HOLE; EVALUATION TOOLS; FIELD ENGINEERS; HOLE SIZE; MECHANICAL RESPONSES; NEW GENERATION; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL;

FORECASTING;

EID: 51649124478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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