Successful Use of a Cost-Effective Temporary Non damaging Gel Plug System to Isolate a Highly Permeable Producing Zone During a Stimulation Job of a Low-Permeability Gas-Producing Zone in Khuff Gas Reservoir in Bahrain - A Case History

Proceedings of the Middle East Oil Show

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 233-238

  Mirza, Mohammed Saeed ^a   Kritzler, Torsten ^b   Gazi, Naz H ^b  

^a Bahrain Petroleum Company   (Bahrain)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRICITY; FRACTURE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SANDSTONE; STRESSES;

BAHRAIN; GAS INJECTION; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

MULTIPLE ZONES;

EID: 1842558231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81441-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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