Horizontal Well Cleaning

Horizontal Well Cleaning is a wellbore cleaning method specifically designed to remove drill cuttings and debris from horizontal or highly deviated wellbores during or after drilling operations, distinguished from other wellbore cleaning techniques by its adaptation to the unique hydraulic and gravitational challenges inherent in non-vertical well geometries.

Publications

624

Citations

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Hole CleaningWellbore Cleaning

Publications

Hole cleaning and drilling fluid sweeps in horizontal and deviated wells: Comprehensive review

Husameldin Mahmoud, Ahmed Hamza, Mustafa S. Nasser et al. · Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering · 2019 · 139 citations

Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Drilling +16

State-of-the-Art Cuttings Transport in Horizontal Wellbores

Ali Pilehvari, J. J. Azar, Siamack A. Shirazi · SPE Drilling & Completion · 1999 · 58 citations

Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Drilling +16

Numerical investigation on horizontal wellbore hole cleaning with a four-lobed drill pipe using CFD-DEM method

Tie Yan, Jingyu Qu, Xiaofeng Sun et al. · Powder Technology · 2020 · 53 citations

Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics +16

REVIEW ON HOLE CLEANING FOR HORIZONTAL WELLS

2017 · 43 citations · Full text

Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Drilling +9

Using Enzymatic Breakers in Horizontal Wells to Enhance Wellbore Clean-up

Drew Hembling, Albert Chan, J.W. Garner et al. · 2000 · 29 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Petroleum Engineering +17

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Authors

AP
Ali Pilehvari
University of Tulsa, United States
3 publications · 98 citations
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Siamack A. Shirazi
University of Tulsa, United States
3 publications · 98 citations
3
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RA
Ramadan Ahmed
University of Oklahoma, United States
3 publications · 175 citations
3
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JQ
Jingyu Qu
Northeast Petroleum University, China
2 publications · 80 citations
2
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Mohammed B. Alotaibi
Texas A&M University, United States
2 publications · 34 citations
2
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1–5 of 73

Institutions

1–8 of 18

Venues

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
4 publications · 212 citations
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All Days
Conference · 1 publications · 20 citations
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Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology
1 publications · 17 citations
1
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Geoenergy Science and Engineering
1 publications · 27 citations
1
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SPE European Formation Damage Conference
Conference · 1 publications · 16 citations
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