Microwave heating: A feasible alternative for drilled cuttings drying in offshore environments

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1484-1491

  Pereira, M S ^a   Ataide C H ^a   Naufel, R ^b   Panisset, C M A ^c   Sa, C H M ^c   Martins, A L ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Ondatec   (Brazil)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; DRYING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; INFILL DRILLING; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE OVENS; MICROWAVES; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; REMEDIATION; ROCK DRILLS;

DRILL CUTTINGS; DRILLED CUTTINGS; DRILLING ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; NON-AQUEOUS FLUIDS; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 84881019697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163547-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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