Rheological and statistical evaluation of nontraditional lightweight completion fluid and its dependence on temperature

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Khalil, Munawar ^a   Jan, Badrul Mohamed ^a   Raman, Abdul Aziz Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Glass bubble; Lightweight completion fluid; Modeling; Underbalance perforation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

COMPLETION FLUIDS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; GLASS BUBBLES; HIGH SHEAR RATE; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETION FLUID; MODELING; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POWER EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR RATES; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; UNDERBALANCE PERFORATION; VISCOPLASTIC;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GLASS; MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

FLUIDS;

MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952458389     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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