Rheological and yield stress measurements of non-Newtonian fluids using a Marsh Funnel

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 393-402

  Balhoff, Matthew T ^a   Lake, Larry W ^a   Bommer, Paul M ^a   Lewis, Rebecca E ^a   Weber, Mark J ^a   Calderin, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling mud; Marsh Funnel; Non Newtonian; Polymer; Rheology; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

DRILLING MUD; EXTRAPOLATION TECHNIQUES; FIELD OPERATION; FLUID RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; FLUID VOLUMES; FUNCTION OF TIME; MARSH FUNNEL; NEW MODEL; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OIL INDUSTRIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR THINNING; SINGLE POINT; STATIC METHOD;

BORING; DRILLING FLUIDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; RHEOLOGY; STRESS MEASUREMENT; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW; WETLANDS;

YIELD STRESS;

DRILLING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL INDUSTRY; RHEOLOGY; STRESS MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79958040097     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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