Evaluation and selection of drill-in-fluid candidates to minimize formation damage

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 174-179

  Hodge, R M ^a,c,d   Augustine, B G ^a,b,e,f   Burton, R C ^a,c,f,g,h   Sanders, W W ^b,f,i,j   Stomp, Donna Atkinson ^k  

^a SPE ^*

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c Conoco's E and P Technol Org ^*  (United States)

^d Northeastern Oklahoma State U   (United States)

^e MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f U of Missouri ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Conoco's Houston based Tech Serv ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Conoco's Gulf Region ^*  (United States)

^j LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL TESTING;

FORMATION DAMAGE; HIGH PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUID; EVALUATION; FORMATION DAMAGE; HORIZONTAL WELL;

DRILLING FLUIDS; FORMATION DAMAGE; HORIZONTAL WELL; OIL WELLS;

EID: 0031229118     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/31082-PA     Document Type: Review

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7. Hodge R.M. et al.: "Evaluation and Selection of Drill-in Fluid Candidates to Minimize Formation Damage," paper SPE 31082 presented at the 1996 International Symposium on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, 14-15 February.