Polyethylene glycol drilling fluid for drilling in marine gas hydrates-bearing sediments: An experimental study

Energies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-150

  Jiang, Guosheng ^a   Liu, Tianle ^a   Ning, Fulong ^a   Tu, Yunzhong ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Yu, Yibing ^a   Kuang, Lixin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Drilling fluid; Kinetic inhibitor; Marine gas hydrate; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551552052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en4010140     Document Type: Article

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