Borehole Depth and its Effect on the Performance of Fluid Jets
- Key words
- Drilling; Water Jet; USA; Rock Samples; Cutting; Mechanics; High Pressure; Small Scale; Laboratory; Under Reaming; Reinjection Well; Polymers; Stand Off; University of Missouri; US DOE
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1979
- Session
- Drilling; Drill bits
- Language
- English
Abstract
The use of high pressure water jets as a means of improving drilling rates has led to varying results, where different companies have carried out the research. This paper, based on research at the University of Missouri-Rolla, explains the reason for dichotomy in the results and also suggests a means by which the performance of jets on bits, and hence drilling performance, can be improved.
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