Sand production in ultra-weak sandstones: Is sand control absolutely necessary?

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Tronvoll, J ^a   Papamichos, E ^a   Skjaerstein A ^b   Sanfilippo, F ^c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b IKU Petroleum Research   (United States)

^c AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GASOLINE; SANDSTONE;

CLASSICAL BEHAVIOR; PERFORATION CAVITIES; PHYSICAL MODEL EXPERIMENTS; ROCK FAILURES; SAND PRODUCTION; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; WEAK SANDSTONES;

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EID: 84862355755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/39042-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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