Wellbore Cleanup by Water Jetting and Specific Enzyme Treatments in Multilateral Wells: A Case Study

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Al Otaibi, M B ^a,b   Nasr El Din, H A ^a,b   Siddiqui, M A ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 85087239486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/87206-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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