An integrated approach for the planning and completion of horizontal and multilateral wells

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 283-301

  Garrouch, Ali A ^a   Lababidi, Haitham M S ^a   Ebrahim, Abdullah S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Horizontal; Multilateral; Well completion

Indexed keywords

CONING POTENTIAL; FLUID FLOW CONTROL; JUNCTION STABILITY; MULTILATERAL WELLS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOWCHARTING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PLANNING;

OIL WELLS;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 7744229119     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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