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Acidizing

153216-PA

Microtomographic Characterization of Dissolution-Induced Local Porosity Changes Including Fines Migration in Carbonate Rock

Jafar Qajar, SPE, University of New South Wales; Nicolas Francois, Australian National University; and Christoph H. Arns, SPE, University of New South Wales Published Online: 22 February 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,954 KB )    Rights & Permission

Chemical Flooding Methods

147306-PA

Wettability Alteration in High-Temperature and High-Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs

Gaurav Sharma, Baker Hughes, and Kishore K. Mohanty, University of Texas at Austin Published Online: 23 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 963 KB )    Rights & Permission

CO2 Sequestration

153954-PA

Analytical Study of Effects of Flow Rate, Capillarity, and Gravity on CO2/Brine Multiphase-Flow System in Horizontal Corefloods

Chia-Wei Kuo and Sally M. Benson, Stanford University Published Online: 18 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,151 KB )    Rights & Permission

163075-PA

Near-Surface Monitoring of Large-Volume CO2 Injection at Cranfield: Early Field Test of SECARB Phase III

Changbing Yang, Katherine Romanak, and Susan Hovorka, University of Texas at Austin; Robert M. Holt, University of Mississippi; Jeff Lindner, Mississippi State University; and Ramon Trevino, University of Texas at Austin Published Online: 31 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 951 KB )    Rights & Permission

163078-PA

A Fully Coupled Multiphase Multicomponent Flow and Geomechanics Model for Enhanced Coalbed-Methane Recovery and CO2 Storage

Zhijie Wei and Dongxiao Zhang, Peking University Published Online: 9 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 817 KB )    Rights & Permission

Coalbed Methane (CBM)

162940-PA

A New Coal Permeability Prediction Method Based on Experiment and Dimension Analysis

Wang Zhiming and Yang Gang, China University of Petroleum; and Zhang Jian, China United Coalbed Methane Co., Ltd Published Online: 22 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 395 KB )    Rights & Permission

Drilling Design and Analysis

160335-PA

Equilibrium Inclinations of Straight Boreholes

Luc Perneder and Emmanuel Detournay, University of Minnesota and CSIRO Published Online: 22 March 2013Preview | PDF ( 577 KB )    Rights & Permission

Flow Assurance

154954-PA

Automatic Isotherm Derivation From Field Data for Oilfield Scale-Inhibitor Squeeze Treatments

Oscar Vazquez, David Corne, and Eric James Mackay, Heriot-Watt University; and Myles Martin Jordan, Nalco Published Online: 9 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,360 KB )    Rights & Permission

155108-PA

A Novel and Comprehensive Study of Polymeric and Traditional Phosphonate Inhibitors for High-Temperature Scale Control

Wei Wang, Amy T. Kan, and Mason B. Tomson, Rice University Brine Chemistry Consortium Published Online: 8 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 518 KB )    Rights & Permission

155627-PA

Synthesis and Size Control of Monodispersed Al-Sulfonated Polycarboxylic Acid Nanoparticles and Their Transport in Porous Media

Chao Yan, Amy T. Kan, Wei Wang, Lu Wang, and Mason B. Tomson, Rice UniversityPreview | PDF ( 1,204 KB )    Rights & Permission

163105-PA

Quartz Crystal Microbalance Evaluation of Inhibitors for Inorganic Scale

Celso A. Bertran and Maria F.B. Sousa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil Published Online: 23 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 492 KB )    Rights & Permission

Flow in Porous Media

146951-PA

Impact of Reservoir Permeability on Flowing Sandface Temperatures: Dimensionless Analysis

J.F. App and K. Yoshioka, Chevron Energy Technology Company Published Online: 18 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 857 KB )    Rights & Permission

162941-PA

Size-Exclusion Colloidal Transport in Porous Media--Stochastic Modeling and Experimental Study

Zhenjiang You, Alexander Badalyan, and Pavel Bedrikovetsky, University of Adelaide Published Online: 23 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,007 KB )    Rights & Permission

163108-PA

Manufacturing Method of Large-Scale Fractured Porous Media for Experimental Reservoir Simulation

Yuetian Liu, Zupeng Ding, Kun Ao, Yong Zhang, and Jun Wei, MOE Key Laboratory of Petroleum Engineering in China University of Petroleum Published Online: 8 March 2013Preview | PDF ( 918 KB )    Rights & Permission

Fluid Dynamics

163092-PA

Novel Insight Into Foam Mobility Control

M. Simjoo, Sahand University of Technology, Iran, and Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; Y. Dong, Shell China Exploration and Production Company Limited; A. Andrianov and M. Talanana, Shell Global Solutions International, the Netherlands; and P.L.J. Zitha, Delft University of Technology Published Online: 8 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,031 KB )    Rights & Permission

Fluids Characterization

150168-PA

Enhanced Swelling Effect and Viscosity Reduction of Solvent(s)/CO2/Heavy-Oil Systems

Huazhou Li, Sixu Zheng, and Daoyong Yang, University of Regina Published Online: 18 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 831 KB )    Rights & Permission

154477-PA

A Comparative Study of Reduced-Variables-Based Flash and Conventional Flash

Michael L. Michelsen, Wei Yan, and Erling H. Stenby, Technical University of Denmark Published Online: 31 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 249 KB )    Rights & Permission

Global Climate Change/CO2 Capture and Management

151142-PA

Fluid/Rock Interactions During CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Carbonate Aquifers: Laboratory and Modeling Studies

I.M. Mohamed, Advantek International, and H.A. Nasr-El-Din, Texas A&M University Published Online: 23 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 2,715 KB )    Rights & Permission

History Matching

141161-PA

Estimation of Distribution Algorithms Applied to History Matching

Asaad Abdollahzadeh, Alan Reynolds, Mike Christie, and David Corne, Heriot-Watt University, and Glyn Williams and Brian Davies, BP Published Online: 18 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,694 KB )    Rights & Permission

Hydraulic Fracturing and Gravel Packing

151585-PA

3D Modeling of Fracture Initiation From Perforated Noncemented Wellbore

O.P. Alekseenko and D.I. Potapenko, SPE, Schlumberger; and S.G. Cherny, D.V. Esipov, D.S. Kuranakov, and V.N. Lapin, Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Published Online: 28 December 2012Preview | PDF ( 1,127 KB )    Rights & Permission

Intelligent Completions

147120-PA

An Integrated Approach To Design Completions for Horizontal Wells for Unconventional Reservoirs

R. Jain, S. Syal, T. Long, and C. Wattenbarger, ExxonMobil Production Company, and I. Kosik, Esso Australia, Pty. Ltd. Published Online: 4 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 883 KB )    Rights & Permission

Materials Selection (Casing, Fluids, Cement)

139939-PA

An Experimental and Numerical Approach to the Prediction of Expandability and Collapse Resistance for Solid Expandable Tubulars

J. Agata, E. Tsuru, M. Sawamura, H. Asahi, and H. Tsugihara, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Published Online: 28 December 2012Preview | PDF ( 1,844 KB )    Rights & Permission

Multi-phase Flow

146318-PA

Transient-Nonisothermal-Multiphase-Wellbore-Model Development With Phase Change and Its Application to Producer Wells

Deming Mao and Albert D. Harvey III, Shell Exploration and Production Company Published Online: 8 March 2013Preview | PDF ( 972 KB )    Rights & Permission

154474-PA

Dynamic Capillary Pressure Curves From Pore-Scale Modeling in Mixed-Wet-Rock Images

Y. Zhou, International Research Institute of Stavanger and University of Stavanger, and J.O. Helland and E. Jettestuen, International Research Institute of Stavanger Published Online: 28 March 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,129 KB )    Rights & Permission

163097-PA

Estimation of the Formation Rate Constant of Methane Hydrate in Porous Media

Ayako Fukumoto and Toru Sato, University of Tokyo; Fumio Kiyono, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; and Shinichiro Hirabayashi, University of Tokyo Published Online: 18 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 653 KB )    Rights & Permission

Oilfield Chemistry

163143-PA

Empirical Prediction of Carbon-Steel Degradation Rates on an Offshore Oil and Gas Facility: Predicting CO2 Erosion-Corrosion Pipeline Failures Before They Occur

R. Barker, University of Leeds; X. Hu, Wood Group Integrity Management; A. Neville, University of Leeds; and S. Cushnaghan, Shell U.K. Limited Published Online: 24 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,269 KB )    Rights & Permission

Pressure Transient Testing

143613-PA

Modeling the Interfering Effects of Gas Condensate and Geological Heterogeneities on Transient Pressure Response

H. Hamdi, M. Jamiolahmady, and P.W.M. Corbett, Heriot-Watt University Published Online: 8 March 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,188 KB )    Rights & Permission

163098-PA

Finite Horizontal Well in a Uniform-Thickness Reservoir Crossing a Natural Fracture Normally

Michael Prats, Michael Prats & Associates Inc., and R. Raghavan, Phillips Petroleum Company (Retired) Published Online: 23 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 697 KB )    Rights & Permission

Primary and Enhanced Recovery Processes

147473-PA

Modeling of Pressure and Solution Gas for Chemical Floods

M. Roshanfekr, SPE, University of Texas at Austin; R.T. Johns, SPE, Pennsylvania State University; and M. Delshad, SPE, and G.A. Pope, SPE, University of Texas at Austin Published Online: 31 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,141 KB )    Rights & Permission

157830-PA

Investigation of Emulsion Flow in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

C.C. Ezeuko, J. Wang, and I.D. Gates, University of Calgary Published Online: 31 January 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,771 KB )    Rights & Permission

Production Enhancement

158935-PA

Hydraulic-Fracture Geomechanics and Microseismic-Source Mechanisms

N.R. Warpinski, M.J. Mayerhofer, K. Agarwal, Pinnacle--A Halliburton Service, and J. Du, Total E&P Research and Technology Published Online: 7 May 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,812 KB )    Rights & Permission

163100-PA

Polymer Systems for Water Shutoff and Profile Modification: A Review Over the Last Decade

Khalid Saad M. El-Karsani, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri, Saudi Aramco; and Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Published Online: 7 May 2013Preview | PDF ( 416 KB )    Rights & Permission

Reservoir Geology and Geophysics

163147-PA

Facies Proportions From the Inference of Nonlinear Conditional Beta-Field Parameters

K. Daniel Khan and J.A. Vargas-Guzman, Saudi Aramco Published Online: 7 May 2013Preview | PDF ( 942 KB )    Rights & Permission

Reservoir Geomechanics

162651-PA

Predicting Growth and Decay of Hydraulic-Fracture Width in Porous Media Subjected to Isothermal and Nonisothermal Flow

David Tran, Computer Modelling Group Limited; A. (Tony) Settari, University of Calgary; and Long Nghiem, Computer Modelling Group Limited Published Online: 25 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 851 KB )    Rights & Permission

Reservoir Simulation

140811-PA

Study of Perturbation Designs for the Partially Separable Objective Function With Gradient-Based Optimizations in History Matching

D.Y. Ding and F. McKee, IFP Energies Nouvelles Published Online: 24 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 2,358 KB )    Rights & Permission

143292-PA

Partially Separated Metamodels With Evolution Strategies for Well-Placement Optimization

Z. Bouzarkouna, TOTAL; D.Y. Ding, IFP Energies Nouvelles; and A. Auger, INRIA Published Online: 18 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 867 KB )    Rights & Permission

Risk Management and Decision-Making

154467-PA

Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Applying the Least-Squares Monte Carlo Method in Surfactant-Flooding Implementation

A. Alkhatib, M. Babaei, and P.R. King, Imperial College London Published Online: 9 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 807 KB )    Rights & Permission

Sand Control

141256-PA

Liquid Screen: A Novel Method To Produce an In-Situ Gravel Pack

V.O. Ikem, Imperial College London; A. Menner, University of Vienna; A. Bismarck, University of Vienna and Imperial College London; and L.R. Norman, Halliburton Published Online: 23 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 382 KB )    Rights & Permission

142633-PA

Zeta-Potential Investigation and Experimental Study of Nanoparticles Deposited on Rock Surface To Reduce Fines Migration

M. Ahmadi, SPE, A. Habibi, SPE, and P. Pourafshary, SPE, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran; and S. Ayatollahi, SPE, EOR Research Center, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University (now with Sharif University of Technology) Published Online: 22 February 2013Preview | PDF ( 1,004 KB )    Rights & Permission

Thermal Methods

163136-PA

A New Thermogeomechanical Theory for Gravity Drainage in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

M. Cokar, M.S. Kallos, and I.D. Gates, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary Published Online: 23 April 2013Preview | PDF ( 384 KB )    Rights & Permission