An assessment of the productivity of multilateral completions

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 58-64

  Raghavan, R ^a   Ambastha, A K ^a,b  

^a Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTILATERAL COMPLETIONS; OIL WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 0032180544     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/98-10-05     Document Type: Article

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