Horizontal well productivity and wellbore pressure behavior incorporating wellbore hydraulics

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Production Operations Symposium 2005, POS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Anklam, E G ^a   Wiggins, M L ^b  

^a FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULICS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

HORIZONTAL SECTION; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; RESERVOIR DRAWDOWNS; STEADY STATE; WELL PERFORMANCE; WELL PRODUCTIVITY; WELL-BORE HYDRAULICS; WELLBORE PRESSURE;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 85058894564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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