Analysis of Collapse Failures on Production Tubing during Steam Injection Process Assisted by Computer Simulations

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 940-949

  Inciarte, G ^a   Nieto, L ^a   Bello, A ^b  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); METALLOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TUBING;

MATERIAL HARDNESS; STEAM INJECTION PROCESS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0347629334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/81155-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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