An optimized method to remove filter cake formed by formate based drill-in fluid in extended reach wells

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 723-735

  Alotaibi, M B ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^b   Hill, A D ^a   Al Moajil, A M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA-PACIFIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHELATING AGENTS; CHEMICAL-; COMPLETION FLUIDS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; DOWN HOLE; EXTENDED REACH WELLS; EXTERNAL-; FILTER CAKE; FLOW EFFICIENCY; FLUID LOSSES; FORMATE BRINE; GAS WELLS; HIGH FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LACTIC ACIDS; MULTI-LATERAL WELLS; NEW CLASS; OIL AND GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OPENHOLE WELLS; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS; SURFACE TENSION MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL STABILITY; TIME-TO-DELIVER; VISCOSIFIERS; WELL BORES; WELL CONTROL;

ACIDS; BORING; BRINES; CALCIUM; CANNING; CAPILLARITY; CHELATION; DISSOLUTION; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLS; ENGINEERS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; EXHIBITIONS; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LACTIC ACID; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; TECHNOLOGY; WAVE FILTERS; WELL DRILLING; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 52049089249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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