Comprehensive Transient Modeling of Sand Production in Horizontal Wellbores

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3963-3971

  Nouri, Alireza ^a   Vaziri, Hans ^b   Belhaj, Hadi ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); OIL WELLS; SAND; SANDSTONE; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BOREHOLE DEFORMATIONS; SHEAR FAILURE;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142264292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84500-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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