Chemical treatments to enhance productivity of horizontal and multilateral wells: Lab studies and case histories

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

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: 85088735628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89467-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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