Technology and methods used to reduce water production in the lower delaware sands of Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas

Proceedings of the Annual Southwestern Petroleum Short Course

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 466-475

  Shahan, Toby ^a   Briney, Mark ^a   Reyes, Robert ^a   Creel, Prentice ^a   Dalrymple, Dwyann ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; TUBING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER WELLS; WELL STIMULATION;

COILED TUBING (CT); CONVENTIONAL FRACTURING; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODIFIER (RPM); WATER PRODUCTION;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 33644853134     PISSN: 03615987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/95688-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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