Emerging Techniques in Gravel Packing Open-Hole Horizontal Completions in High-Performance Wells

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 523-535

  Parlar, M ^a   Bennett, C ^b   Gilchrist, J ^b   Elliott, F ^b   Troncoso, J ^c   Price Smith, C ^a   Brady, M ^a   Tibbles, R J ^a   Kelkar, S ^a   Hoxha, B ^d   Foxenberg, W E ^d  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^d Schlumberger ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; COSTS; DRILLING FLUIDS; GRAVEL; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); INVESTMENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY;

GRAVEL PACKING; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS;

OIL WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 10744225386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/64412-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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