Highly inhibitive, low-salinity glycol water-base drilling fluid for shale drilling in environmentally sensitive locations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 1998, HSE 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Brady, M E ^a   Craster, B ^b   Getliff, J M ^a   Reid, P I ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLYCOLS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILL DRILLING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SALINE WATER; SHALE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS; INHIBITIVE PROPERTIES; LOW-SALINITY WATER; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; WATER-BASE DRILLING FLUID;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 85050824488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/46618-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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