Viscoplastic modeling of a novel lightweight biopolymer drilling fluid for underbalanced drilling

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4056-4068

  Khalil, Munawar ^a   Mohamed Jan, Badrul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINGHAM-PLASTIC MODELS; CASSON MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID BEHAVIOR; FLUID RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; GLASS BUBBLES; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY MODEL; NEWTONIAN BEHAVIOR; PSEUDOPLASTIC; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; TWO-FLUID; UNDER-BALANCED DRILLING; VISCOPLASTIC; XANTHAN GUM;

BIOMOLECULES; DRILLING FLUIDS; RHEOLOGY; STARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84858299556     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200811z     Document Type: Article

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