SPE Production & Operations
Volume 21, Number 1, February 2006

Evaluation Methods for Suspended Solids and Produced Water as an Aid in Determining Effectiveness of Scale Control Both Downhole and Topside

M.M. Jordan, C.J. Johnston, and M. Robb, Nalcopp. 7-18Preview | PDF ( 3,614 KB )    Rights & Permission

How Minimum Inhibitor Concentration (MIC) and Sub-MIC Concentrations Affect Bulk Precipitation and Surface Scaling Rates

A.L. Graham, SPE, L.S. Boak, SPE, A. Neville,* SPE, and K.S. Sorbie, SPE, Heriot-Watt U. *Now with the School of Mechanical Engineering, U. of Leedspp. 19-25Preview | PDF ( 1,165 KB )    Rights & Permission

Silica-Scale Inhibition for Steam Generation in OTSG Boiler

Pierre Pedenaud, SPE, Caroline Goulay, SPE, Fabien Pottier, and Olivier Garnier, SPE, Total, and Bernard Gauthier, Acmepp. 26-32Preview | PDF ( 962 KB )    Rights & Permission

Study of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in the Near-Well Region Using 47Ca as Tracer

E. Stamatakis, SPE, Natl. Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Inst. for Energy Technology; A. Haugan and C. Chatzichristos, SPE, Inst. for Energy Technology; A. Stubos, Natl. Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos; J. Muller and Ø. Dugstad, Inst. for Energy Technology; and I. Palyvos, Natl. Technical U. of Athenspp. 33-39Preview | PDF ( 1,555 KB )    Rights & Permission

Benchmarking the Formation Damage of Drilling Fluids

C.H. van der Zwaag, SPE, U. of Stavangerpp. 40-50Preview | PDF ( 2,439 KB )    Rights & Permission

Near-Wellbore Formation Damage Effects on Well Performance: A Comparison Between Underbalanced and Overbalanced Drilling

Y. Ding, SPE, and B. Herzhaft and G. Renard, SPE, Institut Français du Pétrolepp. 51-57Preview | PDF ( 1,353 KB )    Rights & Permission

Formation Damage Caused by Simultaneous Sulfur and Asphaltene Deposition

Shedid A. Shedid, SPE, Suez Canal U., and Abdulrazag Y. Zekri, SPE, United Arab Emirates U.pp. 58-64Preview | PDF ( 668 KB )    Rights & Permission

Optimizing Filtrate Design To Minimize In-Situ and Wellbore Damage to Water-Wet Reservoirs During Drill-In

Christine Dalmazzone and Annie Audibert, IFP; Lirio Quintero and Tom Jones, BHI; and Carine Dewattines and Michel Janssen, Oleonpp. 66-73Preview | PDF ( 1,042 KB )    Rights & Permission

Productivity of Selectively Perforated Horizontal Wells

Turhan Yildiz, SPE, Colorado School of Minespp. 75-80Preview | PDF ( 1,367 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Systematic Approach to Predicting Liquid Loading in Gas Wells

Boyun Guo and Ali Ghalambor, SPE, U. of Louisiana at Lafayette; Chengcai Xu, CNPC Well Logging Servicespp. 81-88Preview | PDF ( 433 KB )    Rights & Permission

Simplified Wellbore-Flow Modeling in Gas/Condensate Systems

C.S. Kabir, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Co., and A.R. Hasan, SPE, U. of Minnesota-Duluthpp. 89-97Preview | PDF ( 1,339 KB )    Rights & Permission

Including Nonequilibrium Relaxation in Models for Rapid Multiphase Flow in Wells

Faruk Civan, SPE, U. of Oklahomapp. 98-106Preview | PDF ( 415 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Simple Model for Predicting Heat Loss and Temperature Profiles in Insulated Pipelines

Boyun Guo, SPE, Shengkai Duan, SPE, Ali Ghalambor, SPE, U. of Louisiana at Lafayettepp. 107-113Preview | PDF ( 300 KB )    Rights & Permission

Unified Model of Heat Transfer in Gas/Liquid Pipe Flow

H.-Q. Zhang, SPE, Q. Wang, SPE, C. Sarica, SPE, and J.P. Brill, SPE, the U. of Tulsapp. 114-122Preview | PDF ( 447 KB )    Rights & Permission

Analysis of Oil/Water-Flow Tests in Horizontal, Hilly Terrain, and Vertical Pipes

P. Abduvayt, SPE, Waseda U.; R. Manabe, SPE, INPEX Corp.; T. Watanabe, SPE, JOGMEC; and N. Arihara, SPE, Waseda U.pp. 123-133Preview | PDF ( 3,136 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effects of Coiled Tubing-Curvature on Drag Reduction of Polymeric Fluids

Y. Zhou, SPE, S.N. Shah, SPE, and P.V. Gujar,* SPE, Well Construction Technology Center, U. of Oklahoma * Now with Stim-Lab.pp. 134-141Preview | PDF ( 384 KB )    Rights & Permission

Granular-Polymer-Gel Treatment Successful in the Daqing Oil Field

Liu He, SPE, Han Hongxue, Li Zhuling, and Wang Bo, Daqing Oilfield Co. Ltd.pp. 142-145Preview | PDF ( 129 KB )    Rights & Permission

Identification and Resolution of Water-Treatment Performance Issues on the 135 D Platform

Chiffon Yang, SPE, and Michel Galbrun, Schlumberger; and Ted Frankiewicz, SPE, Natco Grouppp. 146-152Preview | PDF ( 1,039 KB )    Rights & Permission