Successful pinpoint placement of multiple fractures in highly deviated wells in deepwater offshore Brazil fields

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 575-592

  Surjaatmadja, J B ^a   Miranda, C ^a   Rodrigues, V F ^b   Das Gracas F C M ^b   Silveira, M A ^b   Neumann, L F ^b   Fernandes, P D ^c  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b SPE ^*

^c Petróleo Brasileiro S/A ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL FAULTS; HYDRAJET TECHNIQUE; SHALLOW WATERS; TRANSVERSAL FRACTURES;

EXPLOSIVE WELL STIMULATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL PUMPS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33644789817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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