An Investigation of Horizontal Well Completions Using a Two-Phase Model Coupling Reservoir and Horizontal Well Flow Dynamics

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2331-2343

  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

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TUBING; TWO PHASE FLOW; WELL PERFORATION;

FLUX DISTRIBUTION; WELLBORE MOMENTUM;

OIL WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 1142278466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71601-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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