HPHT well control; an integrated approach

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2003-May, Issue , 2003, Pages 2181-2190

  Rommetveit, Rolv ^a   Fjelde, Kjell Kåre ^a   Aas, Bjarne ^a   Day, Norman F ^b,c   Low, Eric ^d   Schwartz, David H ^e,f  

^a RF Rogaland Research   (Brazil)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Taylor Day Limited   (Brazil)

^d Think Well Limited   (Brazil)

^e Well Control and System Design   (Brazil)

^f Petec Houston Inc   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; INTEGRATED CONTROL; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WELLS;

ADVANCED MODELING TOOLS; DRILLING OPERATION; GAS DIFFUSION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LABORATORY STUDIES; PRESSURE MARGINS; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; WELL CONTROL;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84865756857     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/15322-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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