Selective placement of fractures in horizontal wells in offshore Brazil demonstrates effectiveness of hydrajet stimulation process

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1151-1163

  Surjaatmadja, Jim B ^a   Willett, Ron ^a   McDaniel, B W ^a   Rosolen, Marcos Antonio ^b   Franco, Marcus Luis De A ^b   Dos Santos, Fernando Canavarro Rodrigues ^b   Fernandes, Paulo Dore ^b   Carneiro, Fernando A S ^a   De Lima, Bonifácio Bezerra ^a   Cortes, Mauricio ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Petróleo Brasileiro S/A ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROJET STIMULATION PROCESS; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; SKIN DAMAGE; VERTICAL WELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; FRACTURE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OIL WELLS; PUMPS;

JETS;

EID: 22044448635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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