Settling behavior of spherical particles in fiber-containing drilling fluids

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 84-85, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-28

  Elgaddafi, Rida ^a   Ahmed, Ramadan ^a   George, Matthew ^a   Growcock, Fred ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b M I SWACO   (United States)

^c Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag force; Fiber suspensions; Settling; Solids transport; Spherical particles; Sweep fluid

Indexed keywords

DRAG FORCES; FIBER SUSPENSIONS; SETTLING; SOLIDS TRANSPORT; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

DRAG; DRILLING FLUIDS; FIBERS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VELOCITY;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAG; DRILLING FLUID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PARTICLE SETTLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84860312370     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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