Perforation inflow reduces factional pressure loss in horizontal wellbores

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 223-232

  Su, Z ^a   Gudmundsson, J S ^b  

^a Imperial Petroleum Consultants AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Friction; Horizontal well; Mixing effect; Perforation inflow; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE LOSS COEFFICIENT;

BOREHOLES; FRICTION; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WELL PERFORATION;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

FRICTION; HORIZONTAL WELL; PERFORATION; PRESSURE LOSS;

FRICTION; HORIZONTAL WELL; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 0032029721     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(97)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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