Friction pressure correlations for oilfield polymeric solutions in eccentric annulus

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 583-592

  Ogugbue, Chinenye C ^a   Shah, Subhash N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOWS; APPARENT VISCOSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAMETER RATIO; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; ECCENTRIC ANNULI; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW REGIMES; FRICTION PRESSURE; FRICTION PRESSURE LOSS; FRICTIONAL LOSS; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NEW CORRELATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; POLYMER FLUIDS; POLYMERIC FLUID; POLYMERIC SOLUTION; WELAN GUM;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DRAG REDUCTION; DRILLING FLUIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FRICTION;

EID: 77953786007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2009-80044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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