Improvements in horizontal gravel packing

Oilfield Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-60

  Edment, Brian ^a   Elliott, Fraser ^b   Gilchrist, John ^b   Powers, Brian ^b   Jansen, René ^a   McPike, Tim ^c   Onwusiri, Henry ^d   Parlar, Mehmet ^a   Twynam, Allan ^c   Van Kranenburg, Aart ^d  

^a BP ^*

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d Shell UK Exploration and Production   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PACKING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SAND AND GRAVEL PLANTS; SANDING EQUIPMENT; WATER;

OPENHOLE GRAVEL-PACKING TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIR DAMAGE; SAND CONTROL; TIP-SCREENOUT (TSO) TREATMENT;

GRAVEL;

EID: 20144375999     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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