SPE Production & Operations

Editorial Review Committee

Senior Technical Editor: Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California

Executive Editor: Norman R. Warpinski, Pinnacle Technologies

Review Chairs: Harold D. Brannon, BJ Services Company; Ian R. Collins, BP Exploration; Ali Ghalambor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Liang-Biao Ouyang, Chevron ETC; Joseph P. Smith, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; C. Dean Wehunt, Chevron Corporation.

Technical Editors:Hazim H. Abass, Saudi Aramco; Marc Allcorn, Schlumberger; Stephan Allenson, Nalco Energy Services; Abdullah M. Al-Dhafeeri, Saudi Aramco; Stephen W. Almond, Halliburton; Mahmoud Asadi, ProTechnics; Annie Audibert-Hayet, Institut Francais du Petrole; John Bagzis, Chevron Corporation; Kirk M. Bartko, Saudi Aramco; Keith A. Bartrip, Baker Petrolite Corporation; Michael Bast, Chevron ETC; Brigitte Bazin, Institute Francais du Petrol; Curtis G. Blount,ConocoPhillips Company; Joel L. Boles, BJ Services Company; Curtis Boney, Schlumberger; Alasdair S. Brown, Landmark Graphics Corporation; J. Ernie Brown, Schlumberger; Steven L. Bryant, University of Texas at Austin; Richard S. Buell, Chevron Corporation; Marten A. Buijse, Shell E&P; Michael T. Byrne, Corex (UK); Joel Carpenter, Abemarle Corporation; Leland B. Carroll, EOG Resources; Frank F. Chang, Schlumberger; Craig L. Cipolla, Pinnacle Technologies; Thomas F. Clancy, Conoco Venezuela; Peter E. Clark, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; Sandra Cobianco, Eni Exploration & Production; James N. Collins, ConocoPhillips Company; H. Mitchell Cornette, Chevron Corporation; Sebastiano Correra, Eni Exploration & Production; Gerald R. Coulter, Coulter Energy International; Dwyann Dalrymple, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Eric J. Daniels, Chevron ETC; David Davies, Heriot-Watt University; Wolfgang F. Deeg, Shell E&P Company; Robert J. Duenckel, Carbo Ceramics; Ronald Dusterhoft; Halliburton Energy Services Group; Larry S. Eoff, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Yong Fan, Caltex Pacific Indonesia; Neil Feasey, Nalco Company; Jose G. Flores, Schlumberger; Jay M. Foreman, Williams Exploration & Production; William E. Foxenberg, M-I SWACO; Joe Fram, Chevron Corporation; Christopher Fredd, Schlumberger; Wayne W. Frenier, Schlumberger; Bala Gadiyar, Schlumberger; Ali A. Garrouch, Kuwait University; Naval Goel, Consultant; Gordon M. Graham, Scaled Solutions; Craig A. Graham, Schlumberger; Neil Grainger, Uniqema; Alex Guild, Chevron Corporation; D.V. Gupta, BJ Services Company; John Hall, Halliburton Energy Services; Jim Hardy, Amerada Hess UK; Phillip C. Harris, Halliburton Energy Services Group; A. Dan Hill, Texas A&M University; Donald G. Hill, Nalco Company; Jerald J. Hinkel, Special Products; Charles J. Hinrichsen, Chevron Corporation; Avraham Hirschberg, Eindhoven University of Technology; Robert J. Holtslag, TracsConsult; Joyce Holtzclaw, Berry Petroleum Company; Paul R. Howard, Schlumberger; Tianping Huang, Baker Oil Tools; Christian Hurtevent, Total; Richard D. Hutchins, Schlumberger; Catalin D. Ivan, M-I SWACO; Robert H. Jacot, H-Frac Consulting Services; Abul K. Jamaluddin, Schlumberger; Alfred R. Jennings, Enhanced Well Stimulation; Myles M. Jordan, Nalco Company; Leonard Kalfayan, BJ Services Company; Jill M. Kerr, ExxonMobil; Sunil Kokal, Saudi Aramco; Dick Krabbendam, Statoil; Istvan J. Lakatos, University of Miskolc; Hon-Chung Lau, Shell International E&P; Pierre Leschi, Total; Chunlou Li, Seismic Micro-Technology; Mark Looney, Chevron Corporation; Henry D. Lopez, Colorado School of Mines; Bernhard R. Lungwitz, Schlumberger; Mark R. Luyster, M-I SWACO; Eric J. Mackay; Heriot-Watt University; Gordon Mackenzie, Baker Oil Tools; Charles F. Magnani, Consultant; Mark W. Mahoney, Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Company; Paul Mayer, US Environmental Protection Agency; Michael J. Mayerhofer, Pinnacle Technologies; Paul McElfresh, Baker Hughes; Francis McEwan, Schlumberger; Arvil Mogensen, Zed I Solutions; Jakob Monberg, Shell E&P International; Lee N. Morgenthaler, Shell E&P Company; Elizabeth Morris, Schlumberger; Hisham Nasr-El-Din, Saudi Aramco; Reinaldo Navarrete, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry; Kenneth R. Newman, CTES/NOV; Shauna G. Noonan, ConocoPhillips Company; Philip D. Nguyen, Halliburton Energy Services; Mark J. Ogier, Chevron Corporation; Karen E. Olson, BP E&P; Marek Pakulski, BJ Chemical Services; Mohan K. Panga, Schlumberger; Mehmet Parlar, Schlumberger; Arvind D. Patel, M-I Drilling Fluids Company; Andrew E. Patterson, BP; Jorge Pinedo, Santos; Michael Poindexter, Nalco Energy Services; Peter D. Pomeroy, Saudi Aramco; Lance N. Portman, BJ Services Company; Paul Ravenscroft, BP Research; James Ray, Oceanic Environmental Solutions; Peggy Rijken, Chevron Corporation; Golchehreh Salamat, Schlumberger; Mathew Samuel, Schlumberger; Kenneth J. Saveth; LIFTEQ PCP Systems; Piyush Shah, Landmark Graphics Corporation; Probjot Singh, ConocoPhillips; David D. Smith, Occidental Permian; Jose R. Solares, Saudi Aramco; Rick Stanley, BJ Services Company; Elise A. Striz, Environmental Protection Agency; Robert Sydansk, Sydansk Consulting Services; Kevin C. Taylor, Taylor Industrial Research; Raymond J. Tibbles, Schlumberger; Mason Tomson, Rice University; Porter J. Underwood, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Donald D. Uphold, Chevron Corporation; Alberto Valdes, GE Energy Oil & Gas; Thomas J. van Akkeren, Production Technology Associates; Diederik van Batenburg, Halliburton BV; Claas van der Zwaag, M-I SWACO; Mary van Domelen, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Michael C. Vincent, Carbo Ceramics; Sanjay Vitthal, Shell International E&P; David J. Wagner, Chevron Energy Technology Company; Michael L. Walker, Baker Petrolite Corporation; Russell B. Watson, Reslab; Thomas D. Welton, Halliburton; Michael L. Wiggins, William M. Cobb & Associates; Marilyn Wolff, Bandicoot Environmental Consulting; Christopher Wright, Pinnacle Technologies; Mingdong Yuan, Baker Petrolite Corporation; Karim S. Zaki, Advantek International Corporation; Michael Zettlitzer, RWE DEA; Ding Zhu, Texas A&M University; Murtaza Ziauddin, Schlumberger; Matthew B. Zielinski, Chevron Corporation; and Pacelli L. Zitha, Delft University of Technology.