Zonal isolation modeling and measurements - Past myths and today's realities

12th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, ADIPEC 2006: Meeting the Increasing Oil and Gas Demand Through Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 360-368

  James, Simon ^a   Boukhelifa, Linda ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA ACQUISITION; DURABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CEMENT SHEATH; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 33847700143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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