A review of horizontal wellbore pressure equations

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 557-563

  Anklam, E G ^a   Wiggins, M L ^b  

^a FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FLUID INFLUX; STIMULATION; WELL PROFILE; WELLBORE HYDRAULICS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 27744540585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/94314-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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