Bingham’s model in the oil and gas industry

Yield stress fluid flows occur in a great many operations and unit processes within the oil and gas industry. This paper reviews this usage within reservoir flows of heavy oil, drilling fluids and operations, wellbore cementing, hydraulic fracturing and some open-hole completions, sealing/remedial o...

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Published inRheologica acta Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 259 - 282
Main Authors Frigaard, Ian A., Paso, Kristofer G., de Souza Mendes, Paulo R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Cementing
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
Computational fluid dynamics
Drilling fluids
Fluid flow
Fluid mechanics
Food Science
Gas industry
Hydraulic fracturing
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Original Contribution
Petroleum engineering
Polymer Sciences
Rheological properties
Soft and Granular Matter
Yield strength
Yield stress
Bingham fluid
Yield stress
Oil and gas industry
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Summary:Yield stress fluid flows occur in a great many operations and unit processes within the oil and gas industry. This paper reviews this usage within reservoir flows of heavy oil, drilling fluids and operations, wellbore cementing, hydraulic fracturing and some open-hole completions, sealing/remedial operations, e.g., squeeze cementing, lost circulation, and waxy crude oils and flow assurance, both wax deposition and restart issues. We outline both rheological aspects and relevant fluid mechanics issues, focusing primarily on yield stress fluids and related phenomena.
ISSN:0035-4511
1435-1528
DOI:10.1007/s00397-017-0999-y