Testing protocols for optimized drilling fluid design

Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition 2009, OMC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Young, S ^a   Friedheim, J ^a  

^a M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; INFILL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

DRILLING ECONOMICS; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; FLUID PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZED DRILLING; TESTING AND EVALUATION; TESTING PROTOCOLS; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; WATER-BASED FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 84962452482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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