Influence of perforations and inhomogeneity on the mode and magnitude of sand production

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 19-26

  Vaziri, H H ^a   Palmer, I ^b   Lemoine, E ^c   Islam, R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

CENTRIFUGE TESTS; INHOMOGENEITIES; OIL AND GAS; SAND LAYER; SAND PRODUCTION; TIME DEPENDENT VARIATIONS; VERTICAL WELLS;

SAND;

EID: 84862031283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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