Direct strength measurements of shale interaction with drilling fluids

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 13th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, ADIPEC 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 738-745

  Hemphill, Terry ^a   Abousleiman, Younane ^b   Tran, Minh ^b   Hoang, Son ^b   Nguyen, Vinh ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EMULSIFICATION; GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SHALE;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE BRINE; COHESIVE STRENGTH; FLUID INTERACTIONS; INDIRECT METHODS; INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; INVERT EMULSIONS; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 70349900820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117851-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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