A calculation of cuttings lag time for foam drilling

Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-507

  Xu, Hanbing ^a   Li, Xiangfang ^a   Li, Yunbo ^b   Lei, Zhengdong ^b   Sui, Shengli ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^c Huabei Oilfield Company   (China)

Author keywords

Calculation method; Cuttings equivalent diameter; Cuttings lag time; Foam drilling; Foam quality

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION ACCURACY; CALCULATION METHOD; CALCULATION METHODS; CALCULATION MODELS; CRITICAL VALUE; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; FOAM DRILLING; FOAM RHEOLOGY; GAS INJECTION RATE; INTEGRATION METHOD; KEY FACTORS; LAG-TIME; LIQUID-SOLID TWO PHASE FLOW; MULTIPLE ITERATIONS;

DRILLING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION;

NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING;

EID: 68249131930     PISSN: 10000747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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