A novel technique to acidize horizontal wells with extended reach

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2447-2456

  Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Al Habib, N S ^a   Jemmali, M ^b   Lahmadi, A ^b   Samuel, M ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COILED TUBING (CT); EXTENDED REACH (ER); OUTSIDE DIAMETER (OD); POLYMER-BASED FLUIDS;

DATA ACQUISITION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 22044443129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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