Inflow control devices - Raising profiles

Oilfield Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 30-37

  Ellis, Tor ^a   Erkal, Alpay ^b   Goh, Gordon ^b   Jokela, Timo ^b   Kvernstuen, Svein ^b   Leung, Edmund ^b   Moen, Terje ^b   Porturas, Francisco ^b   Skillingstad, Torger ^b   Vorkinn, Paul B ^b   Raffn, Anne Gerd ^b  

^a Marathon Petroleum Company (Norway) LLC   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK PRESSURES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HORIZONTAL SECTION; INFLOW CONTROL DEVICES; INJECTION WELLS; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; WELLBORE;

FLOW CONTROL; NOZZLES; ORIFICES; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; WELLS;

CONTROL;

EID: 77950992528     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (17)

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3. Wellhead penetrations are holes in the wellhead through which power cables and hydraulic lines must pass to reach a device downhole. The number that can be drilled is limited by surface area and by the amount of material that can be removed from the wellhead without compromising its integrity.
4. Jokela T: "Significance of Inflow Control Device (ICD) Technology in Horizontal Sand Screen Completions, Bachelor thesis, Det Teknisk- Naturvitenskapelige Fakultet, Stavanger, May 30, 2008.
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10. Krinis et al, reference 8.
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