Review of underbalanced drilling techniques highlighting the advancement of foamed drilling fluids

Abstract Overbalanced drilling is the most common drilling technique; nevertheless, it has several disadvantages such as formation damage, mud losses, and stuck pipes; challenges that are common in high permeability zones and highly fractured formations. To overcome those issues, the underbalanced d...

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Main Authors: Jawad Al-Darweesh, Murtada Saleh Aljawad, Mustafa Al-Ramadan, Salaheldin Elkatatny, Mohamed Mahmoud, Shirish Patil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-022-01596-w