Horizontal Well Design Optimization: A Study of the Parameters Affecting the Productivity and Flux Distribution of a Horizontal Well

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1257-1264

  Vicente, Ronaldo ^a   Sarica, Cem ^b   Ertekin, Turgay ^c  

^a Petrobras ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATES; FLUX DISTRIBUTION; GAS SATURATION;

ANISOTROPY; COSTS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIAL FLOW; RISKS; VISCOSITY; WELL LOGGING;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 1142265197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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