Potential of multilateral wells in water coning situations

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Renard, G ^a   Gadelle, C ^a   Dupuy, J M ^a   Alfonso, H ^b  

^a SPE   (Brazil)

^b CUPET   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS;

DEEP RESERVOIRS; ELEMENTARY VOLUME; MULTI-LATERAL WELLS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION PATTERNS; WATER CONING;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 84888827876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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