Experimental and modeling hydraulic studies of foam drilling fluid flowing through vertical smooth pipes

Foam has emerged as an efficient drilling fluid for the drilling of low pressure, fractured and matured reservoirs because of its the ability to reduce formation damage, fluid loss, differential sticking etc. However the compressible nature along with its complicated rheology has made its implementa...

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Main Authors: Amit Saxena, A.K. Pathak, Keka Ojha, Shivanjali Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116300253