The conundrum of formation evaluation in high-angle/horizontal wells: Observations and recommendations

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3579-3587

  Rendeiro, C ^a   Passey, Q ^a   Yin, H ^b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

FORMATION EVALUATION; HIGH-ANGLE AND HORIZONTAL (HA/HZ) WELLS; HYDROCARBON PORE VOLUME (HPV); WATER SATURATION;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33644806019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/96898-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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