The relative importance of wellbore pressure drop and formation damage in horizontal wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 539-548

  Hill, A D ^a   Zhu, D ^a  

^a Texas AandM U   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WELL STIMULATION;

FORMATION DAMAGE; HORIZONTAL WELL INFLOW; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; WELLBORE PRESSURE DROP;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33947231577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/100207-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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