Formation damage and its impacts on cuttings-injection-well performance: A risk-based approach on waste-containment assurance

SPE International Formation Damage Control Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Guo, Q ^a   Geehan, T ^a,b   Ullyott, K W ^a,c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b M I SWACO   (United States)

^c ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

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