Overbalanced pre-Khuff drilling of horizontal reservoir sections with potassium formate brines

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 65-81

  Simpson, M A ^a   AbdRabAlreda, S H ^a   Al Khamees, S A ^a   Zhou, S ^a   Treece, M D ^a   Ansari, A A ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL SALTS; CORE FLOODING; HORIZONTAL OPEN-HOLE CONSTRUCTIONS; REACTIVE SMECTITE CLAY;

BRINES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; RHEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SHALE; TORQUE;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 22244461932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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