Zero-damaging stimulation and diversion fluid: Field cases from the carbonate formations in North Kuwait

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-105

  Al Mutawa, Majdi ^a   Al Anzi, Ealian H ^a   Jemmali, Mohamed ^b   Chang, Frank ^b   Samuel, Elsamma ^b   Samuel, Mathew ^b  

^a KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER INJECTION;

DIVERSION FLUIDS; NORTH KUWAIT; SELF-DIVERTING ACID (SDA); ZERO-DAMAGING STIMULATION;

OIL WELLS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20444409743     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/80225-PA     Document Type: Article

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