Plugging-induced screen erosion difficult to prevent

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 29, 1998, Pages 80-90

  Procyk, Alex ^a   Whitlock, Michael ^a   Ali, Syed ^b  

^a PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; EROSION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MACHINE DESIGN; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; SCREENS (SIZING);

PLUGGING; SCREEN EROSION TESTS;

OIL WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 0032121315     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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