Underbalanced drilling as a tool for optimized drilling and completion contingency in fractured carbonate reservoirs

SPE/IADC Underbalanced Technology Conference and Exhibition - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 195-204

  Abdollahi, J ^a   Carlsen, I M ^a   Mjaaland, S ^a   Skalle, P ^b   Rafiei, A ^c   Zarei, S ^c  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Iranian Central Oil Field Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTURE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; OPTIMIZED DRILLING; PRESSURE MANAGEMENT; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 22144466222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/91579-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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