HPHT 101 - What every engineer or geoscientist should know about high pressure high temperature wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition 2012, KIPCE 2012: People and Innovative Technologies to Unleash Challenging Hydrocarbon Resources

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 917-943

  Shadravan, Arash ^a   Amani, Mahmood ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; INFILL DRILLING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL , HEALTH AND SAFETIES; HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HPHT); NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY; SERVICE PROVIDER; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS;

EID: 84878277147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/163376-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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