Barite segregation in inclined boreholes

Annual Technical Meeting 1997, ATM 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Skalle, P ^a   Backe, K R ^a   Lyomov, S ^a   Svven, J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b IKU Petroleum Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INFILL DRILLING; LAMINAR FLOW;

DRILLING AND COMPLETION; FLUID DENSITIES; INCLINED BOREHOLES; INCLINED PIPES; INCLINED TUBES; LABORATORY TOOLS; PRESSURE SURGES; STATIC CONDITIONS;

BARITE;

EID: 85085851997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/97-76     Document Type: Conference Paper

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