Foamed cement vs. conventional cement for zonal isolation - Case histories

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn , Issue A, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Kopp, Kevin ^a   Reed, Shawn ^a   Foreman, Jay ^a   Carty, Brian ^a   Griffith, James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COSTS; FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL CASINGS;

ZONAL ISOLATION;

OIL WELL CEMENTING;

EID: 0034589605     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/62895-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

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