Underbalance Pressure Criteria for Perforating Carbonates

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 681-692

  Subiaur, Servio T ^a   Graham, Craig A ^b   Walton, Ian C ^b   Atwood, David C ^b  

^a PEMEX   (Mexico)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION METHODS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

PERFORATING DAMAGES; PERFORATION CLEAN-UPS; UNCONFIED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS); UNDERBALANCE PRESSURE;

WELL PERFORATION;

EID: 2342435527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/86542-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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