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Meeting the challenges of deepwater Gulf of Mexico drilling with non-petroleum ester-based drilling fluids

Conference ·
OSTI ID:397995

The search for recoverable hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico has moved into increasingly deeper waters. Since its introduction in the Gulf of Mexico in 1993, the ester-based drilling fluid system has been used on five deepwater wells. This paper describes the applications of the ester-based system and its ability to handle the special challenges of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

OSTI ID:
397995
Report Number(s):
CONF-941048--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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