Modeling and numerical analysis of mud filtration for a well with a finite-conductivity vertical fracture: Based on convection-dispersion filtrate transport

Society of Petroleum Engineers Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 500-512

  Pordel Shahri, M ^a   Mosleh Tehrani, M ^b   Namvar, M ^c  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZING; DEVELOPED MODEL; DRILLED WELLS; DRILLING MUD; DRILLING OPERATION; FILTER CAKES; FILTER-CAKE FORMATION; FINITE CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE-CONDUCTIVITY VERTICAL FRACTURE; FORMATION DAMAGE; FORMATION FLUIDS; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE WIDTH; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; LINEAR FLOWS; LOST CIRCULATION; MATRIX; MATRIX DIFFUSION; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MATRIX POROSITY; MUD FILTRATE; NEAR-WELLBORE FORMATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; RATE EQUATIONS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESISTIVITY PROFILE; SENSITIVE ANALYSIS; STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE; TRANSPORT MODELS; WELLBORE; WELLBORE PRESSURE;

ACIDIZATION; BOREHOLES; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; DRILLING FLUIDS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WELL DRILLING; WELL LOGGING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 80755174585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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