Practical and Successful Prevention of Annular Pressure Buildup on the Marlin Project

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1235-1244

  Vargo Jr , Richard F ^a   Payne, Mike ^b   Faul, Ronnie ^a   LeBlanc, John ^b   Griffith, James E ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b BP ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDRATES; NITROGEN; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL CASINGS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ANNULAR PRESSURE BUILDUP (APB); REAL TIME OPERATIONS (RTO);

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142278837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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