Water and gas coning/cresting: A technology overview

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 56-62

  Singhal, A K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

^b Gulf Canada Resources Ltd

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of California ^*

^g Atlas Wireline Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CONING; WATER CONING; WATER CRESTING;

CONES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER TREATMENT;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 0030114364     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96-04-06     Document Type: Review

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