Foamed cement selection for horizontal liners proves effective for zonal isolation — Case history

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology Conference 2001, RMPTC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Harlan, Tony D ^a   Foreman, Jay M ^b   Reed, Shawn D ^b   Griffith, James E ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; JOB ANALYSIS; OIL WELL CEMENTING;

BEST PRACTICES; CEMENT SHEATH; CEMENTING OPERATIONS; FOAMED CEMENT; HOLE CLEANING; JOB EXECUTION; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; ZONAL ISOLATION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 85054477886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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