Dynamic cementation improves wellbore construction and reduces the hazards of groundwater contamination in shale plays

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1099-1106

  Holt, C ^a   Lahoti, N ^a  

^a Tesco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL SHALE; OIL WELLS; RESOURCE VALUATION; ROTATION; SHALE; WELL COMPLETION;

CASING RUNNING TOOLS; CEMENTING OPERATIONS; EXTENDED REACH WELL; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; PRIMARY CEMENTING; TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES; WELL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; WELLBORE CONSTRUCTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84875667374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/162739-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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