Diagnosis of Sustained Casing Pressure from Bleed-off/Buildup Testing Patterns

Proceedings - SPE Production Operations Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 119-133

  Xu, R ^a   Wojtanowicz, A K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING SYSTEMS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS LOADS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MUD PUMPS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL TESTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAFETY FACTOR; THERMAL STRESS; WELL PRESSURE;

FORMATION PRESSURE; MUD COMPRESSIBILITY;

OIL WELL CASINGS;

EID: 1642480858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/67194-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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