A Review of Horizontal Wellbore Pressure Equations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Production Operations Symposium 2005, POS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Anklam, E G ^a   Wiggins, M L ^b  

^a FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HYDRAULICS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WELL STIMULATION;

FLUID INFLUX; WELL PROFILE; WELL-BORE HYDRAULICS; WELLBORE; WELLBORE PRESSURE;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33947203827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/94314-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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