Increasing production by maximizing underbalance during perforation using nontraditional lightweight completion fluid

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 326-331

  Jan, Badrul M ^a   Rae, GRaeme R ^b   Noor, M Ishenny ^c   Suhadi, An N ^c   Devadaas, Melvin ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Technology and Engineering with Talisman Energy   (Malaysia)

^c SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GLASS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS;

COMPLETION FLUIDS; DENSITY REDUCING AGENT; DEPLETED RESERVOIRS; DYNAMIC UNDERBALANCE; INCREASING PRODUCTION; MIDDLE DISTILLATES; PERFORATED COMPLETION; STABILIZING AGENTS;

WELL PERFORATION;

BOREHOLE; CLEANUP; DAMAGE; DRILLING FLUID; OIL PRODUCTION; PERFORATION; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; WELL COMPLETION; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67651250769     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/108423-pa     Document Type: Article

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