A novel stimulation technique for horizontal openhole wells in carbonate reservoirs - A case study in Kuwait

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Liu, Hai ^a   Coston, Chad ^a   Yassin, Mohamed ^a   Uddin, Shahab ^b   Al Dhafeeri, Fahad ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Project and Petroleum Engineering Company   (Kuwait)

^c Saudi Arabian Texaco   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CARBONATION; COILED TUBING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; WELL STIMULATION;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; LARGE SURFACE AREA; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SELF-DIVERTING ACID SYSTEMS; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID INJECTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 62649174945     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/105127-PA     Document Type: Article

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