Development of water-based drilling fluids customized for shale reservoirs

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-491

  Deville, Jay P ^a   Fritz, Brady ^a   Jarrett, Michael ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; INFILL DRILLING; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL DRILLING;

BOTTOMHOLE TEMPERATURE; CONTAMINATION TOLERANCES; CUSTOMIZED APPROACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; WATER-BASED SOLUTIONS;

SHALE GAS;

DRILLING; DRILLING FLUID; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LABORATORY METHOD; LITHOLOGY; LUBRICANT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PROFITABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALE; WELL LOGGING; WELL TESTING;

EID: 84855677389     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/140868-PA     Document Type: Article

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