Analytical assessment of horizontal well efficiency with reference to improved oil recovery of the South-East Dragon oil field southern offshore of Vietnam

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Quy, N M ^a   Ranjith, P G ^b   Choi, S K ^c   Giao, P H ^d   Jasinge, D ^b  

^a Vietnam Petroleum Institute   (Viet Nam)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

efficiency; horizontal well; oil recovery; production rate; vertical well; well length

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; FRACTURED BASEMENTS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERIES; IN FIELDS; OIL RECOVERY; PRODUCTION RATE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; VERTICAL WELL; VIET NAM; WELL PERFORMANCE;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PLANNING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 67349253870     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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