Modeling of equalizer production system and smart-well applications in full-field studies

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-328

  Su, Ho Jeen ^a   Dogru, Ali H ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; FIELD OPTIMIZATION; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; INFLOW CONTROL DEVICES; INTERVAL CONTROL VALVES; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EQUALIZERS;

MITIGATION; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; WELL;

EID: 67649521999     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/111288-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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