The evolution of horizontal completion techniques for the gulf of Mexico: Where have we been and where are we going?

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1999-January, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Foster, Jeff ^a   Grigsby, Tommy ^a   La Fontaine, Jackie ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; OIL WELLS;

COMPLETION METHODS; COMPLETION TOOLS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HORIZONTAL COMPLETIONS; MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLINGS; PRODUCTION RATES; RECOVERABLE RESERVES;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

EID: 84940866646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/53926-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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