Experimental evaluation of the lateral contact force in horizontal wells

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Martinez, Alexander ^a   Miska, Stefan ^a   Kuru, Ergun ^a,b   Sorem, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0012260303     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1289392     Document Type: Article

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