A novel technique to acidize multilateral open hole ER horizontal wells drilled in carbonate formations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 763-772

  Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Al Habib, N S ^a   Al Khamis, M ^a   Jemmali, M ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; CARBONATES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BARREL PER MINUTE (BPM); BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY (BHA); COILED TUBING (CT); EXTENDED RESEARCH (ER);

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 22244483817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93500-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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