A model for water injection into frac-packed wells

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 449-464

  Surl, Ajay ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PROPPANTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAND CONSOLIDATION; WATER FILTRATION;

EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FILTRATION COEFFICIENT; HORIZONTAL STRESS; OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT; PRESSURE MAINTENANCE; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WELL INTERVENTION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

FILTRATION; FLOODING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SAND; WELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77955368634     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/110084-pa     Document Type: Article

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