A New Solids-Free Non-Damaging High Temperature Lost-Circulation Pill: Development and First Field Applications

SPE Middle East Oil Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Samuel, M ^a   Marcinew, R ^a   Al Harbi, M ^a   Samuel, E ^a   Xiao, Z ^a   Ezzat, A M ^b   Khamees, S A ^b   Jarrett, C ^b   Ginest, N H ^b   Bartko, K ^b   Hembling, D ^b   Nasr El Din, H A ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

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