Sand production prediction: A new set of criteria for modeling based on large-scale transient experiments and numerical investigation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2071-2083

  Nouri, Alireza ^a   Vaziri, Hans ^b   Belhaj, Hadi ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING;

ROCK DEFORMATIONS; SAND PRODUCTION; STRAIN SOFTENING; TIME-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS;

SAND;

EID: 22044452947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90273-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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