Horizontal well completion and stimulation techniques - A review with emphasis on low-permeability carbonates

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1519-1533

  Rodrigues, Valdo Ferreira ^a   Neumann, Luis Fernando ^a   Torres, Daniel ^b   Guimarães, Cesar ^c   Torres, Ricardo Sadovski ^c  

^a Petroleo Brasileiro SA ^*

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW PERMEABILITY CARBONATES; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES;

CARBONATES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 34547865023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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