Quantification of sand production induced improvement in productivity index

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1088-1102

  Vaziri, Hans H ^a   Lemoine, Elise M ^a   Xiao, Y ^a  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge test; Flow improvement; Oil sand; Sand production; Subsidence; Well bore completion

Indexed keywords

ROCKS; SAND; SEEPAGE;

FLOW CHANNELS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SAND; SUBSIDENCE; WELL;

EID: 0036025921     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-050     Document Type: Article

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