Oil-based foam and proper underbalanced-drilling practices improve drilling efficiency in a deep Gulf Coast well

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1477-1484

  Sepulveda, J J ^b   Falana, O M ^b   Kakadjian, S ^b   Morales, J D ^b   Zamora, F ^b   Dibiasio, M A ^a   Marshall, E ^a   Shirley, G ^a   Benoit, D J ^b   Tkach, S A ^b  

^a Weatherford International   (United States)

^b Chevron ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DEEP OIL WELL DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; FOAM CONTROL; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

CHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; DRILLING PARAMETERS; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODELING SOFTWARES; PRESSURE DRILLING; SURFACE SEPARATION;

UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

EID: 58849167437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/115536-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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