Optimization of displacement efficiency during primary cementing

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Vefring, E H ^a   Bjorkevoll K S ^a   Hansen, S A ^a   Sterri, N ^a   Saevareid O ^a   Aas, B ^a   Merlo, A ^b  

^a RF Rogaland Research   (Norway)

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); EFFICIENCY; GASOLINE; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; DISPLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS; DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84962594247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/39009-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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