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Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol.42, No.10, 54-61, 2003
Numerical modelling of cuttings transport with foam in horizontal wells
In this study, a one-dimensional unsteady-state two-phase mechanistic model of cuttings transport with foam in horizontal wells has been developed. A new critical deposition velocity correlation for foam-cuttings flow is introduced. The model is solved numerically to predict cuttings bed height as a function of the drilling rate, the gas and the liquid injection rates, the rate of gas and liquid influx from the reservoir, and the borehole geometry. Results of the sensitivity analyses study are presented.