Assessment of down-hole water sink technology for controlling water inflow at petroleum wells

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 334-341

  Wojtanowicz, Andrew K ^a,b,c   Armenta, Miguel ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texaco Environmental ^*  (United States)

^c Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNHOLE WATER SINK (DWS); INFLOW PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP (IPR); PRESSURE GRADIENTS; TUBING PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP (TPR);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GAS LIFTS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; WELL PERFORATION; WELL PRESSURE;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 13144275269     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1831282     Document Type: Review

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