Important issues in cuttings transport for drilling directional wells

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Azar, J J ^a   Sanchez, R Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING;

CUTTINGS TRANSPORT; DIRECTIONAL WELL; DRILLED CUTTINGS; DRILLING FLUID PROPERTY; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; INCLINATION ANGLES; RATE OF PENETRATION; RELIABLE MODELS;

WELL DRILLING;

EID: 85037311048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/39020-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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