A new model for determining the radius of mud loss during drilling operation in a radial fractured network

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 36th Nigeria Annual Int. Conf. and Exhibition 2012, NAICE 2012 - Future of Oil and Gas: Right Balance with the Environment and Sustainable Stakeholders' Participation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 994-1002

  Pordel Shahri, M ^a   Zabihi, S H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZING; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISPERSIVITY; DRILLING MUD; DRILLING OPERATION; FILTER CAKES; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE OPENING; FRACTURE-MATRIX INTERFACE; FRACTURED NETWORK; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; LOSS RATES; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MATRIX POROSITY; MUD LOSS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RATE EQUATIONS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESERVOIR THICKNESS; WELLBORE;

EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELL LOGGING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84874023288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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