Drilling expert system for the optimal design and execution of successful cementing practices

Society of Petroleum Engineers - IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 322-344

  Al Yami, A S ^a   Schubert, Jerome ^a   Medina Cetina, Zenon ^a   Yu, Ok Youn ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BEST-PRACTICES; CEMENT DESIGN; CEMENT SLURRY; DECISION MAKING MODELS; DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; DRILLING OPERATION; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; ISOLATION PLUGS; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PRODUCTION OPERATIONS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; SQUEEZE TREATMENTS; STANDARD GUIDELINES; SURFACE CASINGS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CEMENT ADDITIVES; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; DRILLING FLUIDS; ENGINEERS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INNOVATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 79953071393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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