Lasing into the future: Potentials of laser drilling in the petroleum industry

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1187-1198

  Mustafiz, S ^a   Bjorndalen, N ^b   Islam, M R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extended reach drilling; Petroleum well drilling; Ultrafast drilling

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SANDSTONE;

EXTENDED REACH DRILLING; GAS WELLS; LASER DRILLING; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM WELL DRILLING; ULTRAFAST DRILLING;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 7044254776     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-200034067     Document Type: Article

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