Water-free, drill-in fluid dramatically improved the producibility of sensitive sandstone reservoir

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1341-1350

  Al Ammari, S M ^a   Phillips, J E ^a   Ogunsola, A ^a   Al Mumen, A A ^a   Ezzat, A M ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLETION FLUIDS; ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS (ESP); SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB);

BOREHOLES; HYDRATION; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 22244454138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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