Formation damage abatement: A quarter-century perspective

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-13

  Ghalambor, Ali ^a   Economides, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; SKIN EFFECT; WELL PERFORATION;

PETROLEUM WELL PRODUCTION IMPAIRMENT;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0036494328     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/77304-PA     Document Type: Article

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