Fiber-Enhanced Visco-Elastic Surfactant Fracturing Enables Cost-Effective Screenless Sand Control

Proceedings of the European Petroleum Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 311-320

  Heitmann, Norbert ^a   Pitoni, Enzo ^b   Ripa, Giuseppe ^b   England, Kevin ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRILLING RIGS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GLASS FIBERS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL SANDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

SAND CONTROL TECHNIQUES; VISCO-ELASTIC SURFACTANTS (VES);

NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 1142279477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/78323-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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