Sand-production prediction: A new set of criteria for modeling based on large-scale transient experiments and numerical investigation

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Nouri, Alireza ^a,b   Vaziri, Hans ^c   Belhaj, Hadi ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK DRILLING; SAND;

ROCK DEFORMATION; SAND-PRODUCTION PREDICTION;

PETROLEUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745805905     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90273-PA     Document Type: Article

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