Workovers in sour environments: How do we avoid coiled tubing (CT) failures?

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a,b   Metcalf, Arthur S ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CORROSION PROTECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WELL WORKOVER;

ACID TREATMENTS; CORROSION CONTROL; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; PERIODIC SAMPLING; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES; PRODUCTION EQUIPMENTS; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; SOUR ENVIRONMENT;

COILED TUBING;

CORROSION CONTROL; EQUIPMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 45749121538     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/87622-pa     Document Type: Article

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