The optimum junction depth for multilateral wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2000, IOGCEC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Brister, Ray ^a   Oberkircher, Jim ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Sperry Sun Multilateral Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; STABILITY CRITERIA;

COMPLETION CRITERION; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; MULTI-LATERAL WELLS; MULTILATERAL JUNCTIONS; RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT; SELECTION CRITERIA; WELLBORE STABILITY;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 85088069381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/64699-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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