Extensional Rheology of Complex Fluids Used in Oil Well Construction

本项目将研究用于油井施工的复杂流体的拉伸流变学。该项目与化学工程和生物技术的Bart Hallmark博士和Ian Wilson教授以及SGR的Elizabeth Jamie博士合作，将提高对油井施工中使用的流体的拉伸行为的理解和测量，并将检查操作中遇到的关键流动状态。这些知识将用于更新或生成流体流动的新模型，并开发适当的方法来表征服务实验室或现场的拉伸行为。这项合作将剑桥大学复杂流体处理方面的专业知识与斯伦贝谢的油井施工流体研究计划相结合。

This project will study the extensional rheology of complex fluids that are used in oil well construction. This project, with Dr Bart Hallmark and Professor Ian Wilson at Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and Dr Elizabeth Jamie at SGR, will improve the understanding and measurement of the extensional behaviour of fluids used in oil well construction and will examine the key flow regimes encountered operationally. This knowledge will be used to update, or generate, new models for the fluids' flow and develop appropriate methods for characterising extensional behaviour in a service lab or in the field. This collaboration combines the expertise in the processing of complex fluids at the University of Cambridge with the research program in well-construction fluids at Schlumberger.