Ram/powell deepwater tension-leg platform: Horizontal-well design and operational experience

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-126

  Scott Lester, G ^a   Lanier, Gary H ^a   Javanmardi, Kaz ^b   Bernardi, Tony ^c   Halal, Afif S ^c  

^a SPE ^*

^b Shell E P Co

^c Shell Intl E&P ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL COMPLETION; DRILLING RIGS; TUBING; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

GRAVEL-PACKED COMPLETIONS; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH PRODUCTION RATE; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS; OPENHOLE GRAVEL PACKS; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; PRODUCTION TUBING; TENSION LEG PLATFORMS (TLP); TENSION-LEG PLATFORM (TLP);

TENSION-LEG PLATFORMS; WELLS;

DEEP WELL DRILLING; DESIGN; HORIZONTAL WELL; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; SAND; TENSION LEG PLATFORM;

DEEP DRILLING; DESIGN; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; SAND; TENSION LEG PLATFORM; WELL;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0035358765     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/57069-PA     Document Type: Article

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