The hydraulic effect of tool-joint on annular pressure loss

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 649-659

  Enfis, Majed ^a   Ahmed, Ramadan ^a   Saasen, Anld ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DRILL PIPE; DRILLS; FORECASTING; INFILL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; WELL PRESSURE;

CONVENTIONAL DRILLING; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY; HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; WELL-BORE HYDRAULICS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 79959769788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142282-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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