North slope heavy-oil sand-control strategy: Detailed case study of sand production predictions and field measurements for Alaskan heavy-oil multilateral field developments

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4725-4741

  Burton, R C ^a   Chin, L Y ^a   Davis, E R ^a   Enderlin, M ^a   Fuh, G ^a   Hodge, R ^a   Ramos, G G ^a   Vandeverg, P ^a   Werner, M ^a   Mathews, W L ^b   Petersen, S ^b  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB

^b BP ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOLOGY; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; ROCK MECHANICS; SAND CONSOLIDATION;

ECONOMIC STRATEGY; HEAVY-OIL MULTILATERAL FIELD DEVELOPMENTS; HEAVY-OIL SAND-CONTROL STRATEGY; LOG ANALYSIS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33644791747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/97279-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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