Recent case histories of offshore dual multilateral completion systems in the middle east

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2000, ADIPEC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  DeMong, Karl ^a   Rivenbark, Mark ^b   Bailey, Ernest ^b  

^a International Association of Oil and Gas Producers   (United Kingdom)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; WELL STIMULATION;

COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES; MULTI-LATERAL WELLS; MULTILATERAL COMPLETIONS; MULTILATERAL TECHNOLOGY; PLANNING STRATEGIES; PRODUCTION PROFILES;

WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 85086687718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/87243-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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