Permanent Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) technology applied in mature fields: A forties field case study

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Intelligent Energy International 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 694-706

  Costello, Craig ^a   Sordyl, Peter ^a   Hughes, Cledwyn ^a   Figueroa, Martin ^b   Balster, Emmanuel ^b   Brown, George ^b  

^a Apache North Sea Ltd   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING; FIBER OPTICS; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL WELLS; OPERATING COSTS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL LOGGING;

APACHE NORTH SEAS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; DOWNHOLE PRESSURE; FIBER-OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INFORMED DECISION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WELL INTERVENTION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 84861644814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/150197-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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