Borehole quality design and practices to maximize drill rate performance

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2978-2995

  Dupriest, F E ^a   Elks Jr , W C ^a   Ottesen, S ^a   Pastusek, P E ^a   Zook, J R ^a   Aphale, C R ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTTINGS TRANSPORT; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC LIMIT; ENGINEERING DESIGN; GLOBAL IMPACTS; MECHANICAL SPECIFIC ENERGIES; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY DESIGN; RATE PERFORMANCE; TRIPPING OPERATION;

DRILLS; MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78651069952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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