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unit part 2: drilling the well. In: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, pp. 1–10.
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6. Li, H., Li, G., Meng, Y., Shu, G., Zhu, K., Xu, X.: Attenuation law of MWD pulses in aerated
drilling. Petroleum Exploration Dev. 39(2), 250–255 (2012)
7. Lyons, W.C., Guo, B., Graham, R.L., Hawley, G.D.: Air and gas drilling manual, 3rd edn.
Gulf Professional Publishing, Houston (2009)
8. Li, J., Guo, B., Liu, G., Liu, W.: The optimal range of the nitrogen-injection rate in shale-gas
well drilling. SPE Drill. Completion 28(1), 60–64 (2013)
9. Chen, X., Gao, D., Guo, B.: Optimal design of jet mill bit for jet comminuting cuttings in
horizontal gas drilling hard formations. J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng. 28, 587–593 (2016)
10. Song, X., Xu, Z., Wang, M., Li, G., Shah, S.N., Pang, Z.: Experimental study on the wellborecleaning efficiency of microhole-horizontal-well drilling. SPE J. 22(4), 1–12 (2017)
11. Epelle, E.I., Gerogiorgis, D.I.: CFD modelling and simulation of drill cuttings transport efficiency in annular bends: effect of particle sphericity. J. Petroleum Sci. Eng. 170, 992–1004
(2018)
12. Yeu, W.J., Katende, A., Sagala, F., Ismail, I.: Improving hole cleaning using low density
polyethylene beads at different mud circulation rates in different hole angles. J. Nat. Gas Sci.
Eng. 61, 333–343 (2019)
13. Boyou, N.V., Ismail, I., Sulaiman, W.R.W., Haddad, A.S., Husein, N., Hui, H.T., Nadaraja, K.:
Experimental investigation of hole cleaning in directional drilling by using nano-enhanced
water-based drilling fluids. J. Petroleum Sci. Eng. 176, 220–231 (2019)
14. Gidaspow, D., Bezburuah, R., Ding, J.: Hydrodynamics of Circulating Fluidized Beds,
Kinetic Theory Approach. Fluidization VII. Proceedings of the 7th Engineering Foundation
Conference on Fluidization, pp. 75–82. Engineering Foundation, Brisbane (1992)
15. Lun, C.K.K., Savage, S.B., Jeffrey, D.J., Chepurniy, N.: Kinetic theories for granular flow:
Inelastic particles in Couette flow and slightly inelastic particles in a general flow field. J.
Fluid Mechanics 140, 223–256 (1984)
16. Patankar, S.V.: Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. 1st edn. Hemisphere, Washington
DC (1980)
17. Wang, X., Jin, B., Zhong, W., Xiao, R.: Modeling on the hydrodynamics of a high-flux
circulating fluidized bed with Geldart Group A particles by kinetic theory of granular flow.
Energy Fuels 24(2), 1242–1259 (2010)