An experimental investigation of the effects of ultra-high pressure and temperature on the rheological properties of water-based drilling fluids

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/APPEA Int. Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2012: Protecting People and the Environment - Evolving Challenges

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1661-1669

  Amani, Mahmood ^a   Al Jubouri, Mohammed ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WELL DRILLING;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; LOWER TEMPERATURES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 84875183726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. rd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas.
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4. Ibeh, C.S. (2007). Investigation on the Effect of Ultra-High Pressure and Temperature on the Rheological Properties of Oil-Based Drilling Fluids. MS Thesis, Texas A&M U., College Station, Texas, December.
5. Lee, J., Shadravan, A. 2012. Rheological Properties of Invert Emulsion Drilling Fluid under Extreme HPHT Conditions. Paper IADC/SPE 151413, presented at IADC/SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition, San Diego, California, 6-8 March 2012.