Near-wellbore formation damage effects on well performance: A comparison between underbalanced and overbalanced drilling

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Ding, Yu ^a   Herzhaft, Benjamin ^a   Renard, Gerard ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING FLUIDS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

NEAR-WELLBORE FORMATION DAMAGE EFFECTS; OVERBALANCED DRILLING; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING; WATERBLOCKING;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING FLUIDS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUID; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL FIELD; OIL WELL;

EID: 33745802347     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/86558-pa     Document Type: Article

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