Failure probability with time under different operational conditions for low-density system based on hollow microspheres supported by long term lab studies and field cases

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2012, APOGCE 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1173-1190

  Al Yami, Abdullah S ^a   Yuan, Zhaoguang ^b   Schubert, Jerome ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LOSSES; MICROSPHERES; PROBABILITY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FORMATION SYSTEMS; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; LOW-DENSITY CEMENT; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL SCENARIO;

CEMENTS;

EID: 84875783098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/159141-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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