relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/4844/ title: A comparison between the conventional drilling operations and thermal assisted drilling in the case of UBD creator: Nakhaee, A. creator: Bazargan, M. creator: Koohian, A. creator: Habibpour, M. creator: Irawan, S. creator: Shahvar, M. description: Drilling and completion account for a significant portion of development of oil and gas fields. Since the introduction of rotary drilling, the method of drilling of deep petroleum wells has not drastically changed. With the advanced laser capabilities of the 21st century it seems necessary to fully inveitigate the possibility of Laser drilling or Laser-assisted drilling methods. This paper describes a set of experiments on different carbonate rock samples that were irradiated by different types of thermal setups, namely C02 laser and Plasma torch. The results are then compared to a numerical model that was developed using a Mathematica code. Copyright 2014, Society of Petroleum Engineers. publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers date: 2014 type: Conference or Workshop Item type: PeerReviewed identifier: Nakhaee, A. and Bazargan, M. and Koohian, A. and Habibpour, M. and Irawan, S. and Shahvar, M. (2014) A comparison between the conventional drilling operations and thermal assisted drilling in the case of UBD. In: UNSPECIFIED. relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84908224749&doi=10.2118%2f169927-ms&partnerID=40&md5=57777fd3aa4638f26f19368125d3d81d relation: 10.2118/169927-ms identifier: 10.2118/169927-ms