Placement of permanent downhole-pressure sensors in reservoir surveillance

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Izgec, Bulent ^a,b   Cribbs, M E ^c   Pace, S V ^a   Zhu, Ding ^b   Kabir, C Shah ^a,d  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chevron North America and Exploration   (United States)

^d HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

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;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; PERFORATION; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE FIELD; SENSOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 62649134391     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/107268-pa     Document Type: Article

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