New Treatments Substantially Increase LOT/FIT Pressures to Solve Deep HTHP Drilling Challenges

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 635-646

  Webb, Sid ^a   Anderson, Tom ^a   Sweatman, Ron ^b   Vargo, Richard ^b  

^a Berkley Petroleum Inc   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COSTS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

FORMATION-INTEGRITY TESTS (FIT); LEAKOFF TESTS (LOF);

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 1142278596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/71390-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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