Fiber sweeps for hole cleaning

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 296-307

  Ahmed, R M ^a   Takach, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CLEANING; EFFICIENCY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; XANTHAN GUM;

A.FIBRES; CUTTING BED THICKNESS; CUTTINGS TRANSPORT; DRILLING RATES; FLUID VELOCITIES; HOLE CLEANING; INCLINED WELLS; VERTICAL COMPONENT; VERTICAL WELLS; WELLBORE;

FIBERS;

EID: 58149502608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113746-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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