A new family of nanoparticle based drilling fluids

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 4095-4107

  Sharma, Mukul M ^a   Zhang, R ^b   Chenevert, M E ^a   Ji, L ^c   Guo, Q ^c   Friedheim, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b China Textile   (China)

^c M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; NANOPARTICLES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; TIGHT GAS;

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; ELEVATED PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INSTABILITY PROBLEMS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; WATER-BASED FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 84874077852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/160045-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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