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Testing Hydrate Drilling Fluid Properties

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Hydrate Control in Drilling Mud

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Drilling fluid properties are mostly measured and tuned to suit a specific function needed for drilling a particular drilling section and location. Therefore, routine measurements are conducted to ensure that the drilling mud properties are suitable at every drilling section.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Bhajan Lal & Cornelius Borecho Bavoh

  2. Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Titus Ntow Ofei

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Lal, B., Bavoh, C.B., Ofei, T.N. (2022). Testing Hydrate Drilling Fluid Properties. In: Hydrate Control in Drilling Mud. SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94130-7_3

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