Quantifying acid placement: the key to understanding damage removal in horizontal wells

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-169

  Jones, A T ^a,b,d,e,f   Davies, D R ^a,c,g  

^a SPE

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WELL COMPLETION;

WELLBORES;

WELLS;

ACID MEDIUM; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

ACID; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; MODELING;

EID: 0032147817     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/50975-PA     Document Type: Article

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