Detection of water or gas entries in horizontal wells from temperature profiles

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 525-538

  Yoshioka, K ^a   Zhu, D ^a   Hill, A D ^a   Dawkrajai, P ^b   Lake, L W ^b  

^a Texas A and M U   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GASES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER;

DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSORS (DTS); DOWNHOLE FLOW CONDITIONS; FLUID INFLOWING TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CHANGE DETECTION;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33947277747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/100209-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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