Flow behavior of foam as a well circulating fluid

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, FM 1972

Volumn , Issue , 1972, Pages

  Beyer, A H ^a   Millhone, R S ^a   Foote, R W ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; GASOLINE; OIL WELLS;

AQUEOUS FOAMS; CIRCULAR PIPE; CIRCULATING FLUIDS; ENGINEERING CALCULATION; FLOW BEHAVIORS; LARGE DIAMETER; LIQUID HOLD UPS; STEADY-STATE FLOWS;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 84882209678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/3986-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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