Sustaining production by managing annular-pressure buildup

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Hasan, A R ^a   Izgec, B ^d   Kabir, C S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b Chevron   (Australia)

^c HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL SYSTEMS;

ANNULAR PRESSURE BUILDUP; DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MODEL FORMULATION; PRESSURE BUILD UP; PRESSURE INCREASE; TRANSIENT FORMULATIONS; WELL DELIVERABILITY;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

FLUID PRESSURE; MOMENTUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WELL LOGGING; WELLHEAD;

EID: 77953257277     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/120778-pa     Document Type: Article

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