Considerations for conducting coiled-tubing well-control operations to minimize formation impairment

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-250

  Sas Jaworsky, Alexander ^a   Ghalambor, Ali ^b  

^a SAS Industries Inc

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FORMATION DAMAGE;

OIL WELLS;

OIL WELL; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

OIL WELL; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036872659     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/80290-PA     Document Type: Article

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