A Study of Water Coning Control in Oil Wells by Injected or Natural Flow Barriers Using Scaled Physical Model and Numerical Simulator

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 741-755

  Siddiqi, Sarmad S ^a   Wojtanowicz, Andrew K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DRAINAGE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MIXTURES; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER INJECTION;

NATURAL FLOW BARRIERS; WATER-CUT MONITORING SYSTEM;

OIL WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 1142303116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77415-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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