Layer modeling for cuttings transport in highly inclined wellbores

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1999-January, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Kamp, A M ^a   Rivero, M ^a  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FORECASTING; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS;

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CUTTINGS TRANSPORT; CUTTINGS TRANSPORT MODELS; FULL NUMERICAL SOLUTION; MODELING STRATEGY; RATE OF PENETRATION; STATE OF THE ART; TRANSPORT VELOCITY;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 84940864577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/53942-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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