Hydrajet-fracturing stimulation process proves effective for offshore Brazil horizontal wells

SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, APOGCE

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1125-1139

  Surjaatmadja, Jim B ^a   Willett, Ron ^a   McDaniel, B W ^a   Rosolen, Marcos A ^b   Franco, Marcus L A ^b   Rodrigues Dos Santos, Fernando Canavarro ^b   Fernandes, Paulo Dore ^b   Cameiro, Fernando A S ^a   De Lima, Bonifacio B ^a   Cortes, Mauricio ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAJETS; MICROFRACTURE; STIMULATION PROCESS; VERTICAL WELLS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); JETS; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SEALING (CLOSING);

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 22144451823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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