Laboratory testing and well productivity assessment of drill-in-fluid systems in order to determine the optimum mud system for alaskan heavy-oil multilateral field developments

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3383-3400

  Davis, E R ^a   Beardmore, D ^a   Burton, R ^a   Hedges, J ^a   Hodge, R ^a   Martens, H ^b   Svoboda, C ^b  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB

^b M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HEAVY OIL RESOURCE; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACE (OOIP); RESERVOIR DRILL IN FLUID (RDF);

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 33644804205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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