Formulating sag-resistant, low-gravity solids-free invert emulsion fluids

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 508-519

  Wagle, Vikrant ^a   Maghrabi, Shadaab ^a   Kulkarni, Dhanashree ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BARITE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; EMULSIFICATION; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES;

CONTROL ADDITIVES; EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE HIGH PRESSURE; ORGANOPHILIC CLAYS; PLASTIC VISCOSITY; RATE OF PENETRATION; RHEOLOGICAL PROFILES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84883207971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/164200-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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