Sand transport in a horizontal well: A numerical study

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium 1997, ITOHOS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 471-484

  Doan, Q ^a   Farouq Ali, S M ^a   Oguztoreli, M ^b   George, A E ^c  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION OPERATIONS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 84898479002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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