Placement of permanent downhole pressure sensors in reservoir surveillance

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 3738-3748

  Izgec, B ^a,d   Cribbs, M E ^b,e   Pace, S V ^b,e   Zhu, D ^c,f   Kabir, C S ^b,e  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Chevron ^*

^c Texas AandM   (United States)

^d Centre for Translational Cancer Research IBT Texas A and M HSC   (United States)

^e Atlas Wireline Services

^f Texas A and M U

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; GAGES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DEEPWATER ASSETS; DOWNHOLE PRESSURE; FLUID VISCOSITY; FORMATION PARAMETER; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; MECHANICAL SKIN; RESERVOIR SURVEILLANCE; WELLBORE EFFECTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 55549107205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/107268-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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