Simultaneous gravel packing and filter-cake cleanup with shunt tubes in openhole completions: A case history from the Gulf of Mexico

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 174-178

  Godwin, Keith ^a   Gadiyar, Bala ^a   Riordan, Hal ^a  

^a Stone Energy Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; ENZYMES; PACKING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAND; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SHUNT TUBES;

GRAVEL;

CLEANING; DRILLING; FILTER CAKE; GRAVEL; PACKING; WELL COMPLETION;

CLEANUP; DRILLING; GRAVEL; PACKING; WELL COMPLETION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0036752056     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/78806-PA     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Filtercake cleanup in open-hole gravel-packed completions: A necessity or a myth?
2. The impact of formation damage and completion impairment on horizontal well productivity
3. Evaluation and selection of drill-in fluid candidates to minimize formation damage
4. Challenges, accomplishments, and recent developments in gravel packing
5. Gravel packing horizontal wellbores with leak-off using shunts