SPE Production & Operations
Volume 22, Number 1, February 2007

On Reservoir Fluid-Flow Control With Smart Completions

T.S. Ramakrishnan, Schlumberger-Doll Researchpp. 4-12Preview | PDF ( 2,469 KB )    Rights & Permission

Development and Applications of the Sustaining Integrated-Asset-Modeling Tool

T.T. Liao, SPE, BP Kuwait; G.E. Lazaro and A.M. Vergari, BP America Inc.; D.R. Schmohr, BP Alaska; N.J. Waligura, BP America Inc.; and M.H. Stein, BP EPTG Houstonpp. 13-19Preview | PDF ( 2,190 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Laboratory Study With Field Data of Downhole Gas Separators

J.N. McCoy, Echometer Co.; A.L. Podio, U. of Texas at Austin; Omar Lisigurski, Oxy USA; John Patterson, ConocoPhilips Co.; and Lynn Rowlan, Echometer Co.pp. 20-40Preview | PDF ( 1 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Shortcomings and Challenges of Metering-System Automation in the Petroleum Industry

O.U.J. Ogwo, SPE, Dept. of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeriapp. 41-45Preview | PDF ( 545 KB )    Rights & Permission

Application of Gas Lift Technology to a High-Water-Cut Heavy-Oil Reservoir in Intercampo Oilfield, Venezuela

Hong'en Dou, Yuwen Chang, and Dandan Hu, PetroChina Co. Ltd.; and Wenxin Cai and Guozhen Zhao, CNPC America Ltd.pp. 46-49Preview | PDF ( 832 KB )    Rights & Permission

Circulating Usage of Partial Produced Fluid as Power Fluid for Jet Pump in Deep Heavy-Oil Production

Shengnan Chen, Heng Li, Qi Zhang, China U. of Petroleum (East China); Jun He, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company, CNPC; and Daoyong Yang, SPE, Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC), U. of Reginapp. 50-58Preview | PDF ( 1,551 KB )    Rights & Permission

Produced Water Management Strategy and Water Injection Best Practices: Design, Performance, and Monitoring

Ahmed S. Abou-Sayed and Karim S. Zaki, Gary Wang, Manoj D. Sarfare, and Martin H. Harris, Advantek Intl. Corp.pp. 59-68Preview | PDF ( 3,008 KB )    Rights & Permission

Rigless Interventions in Failed Gravel-Pack Gas Wells Using New Resin Systems

S.C. Lightford, SPE, Halliburton; E. Pitoni and C.N. Emiliani, Eni; F. Devia, Halliburton; and V. Valli, Enipp. 69-77Preview | PDF ( 1,467 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Penetration of Coiled Tubing With Residual Bend in Extended-Reach Wells

Andrew Zheng and Sarmad Adnan, Schlumbergerpp. 78-82Preview | PDF ( 536 KB )    Rights & Permission

Specific Fluid Requirements for Successful Coiled-Tubing Fracturing Applications

Kay E. Cawiezel, SPE, Richard S. Wheeler, SPE, and David R. Vaughn, BJ Services Co.pp. 83-93Preview | PDF ( 1,758 KB )    Rights & Permission

Fracture Treatment Design and Execution in Low-Porosity Chalk Reservoirs

C.L. Cipolla, Pinnacle Technologies; and K.K. Hansen and W.R. Ginty, Amerada Hess A/Spp. 94-106Preview | PDF ( 4,917 KB )    Rights & Permission

Pressure Variations Inside the Hydraulic Fracture and Their Impact on Fracture Propagation, Conductivity, and Screenout

A. Ali Daneshy, Daneshy Consultants Intl.pp. 107-111Preview | PDF ( 655 KB )    Rights & Permission

Lessons Learned From Using Viscoelastic Surfactants in Well Stimulation

Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Saudi Aramco, and Mathew Samuel, SPE, Schlumberger Well Servicespp. 112-120Preview | PDF ( 1,581 KB )    Rights & Permission

Diversion and Cleanup Studies of Viscoelastic Surfactant-Based Self-Diverting Acid

Bernhard Lungwitz, SPE, Chris Fredd, SPE, Mark Brady, SPE, and Matthew Miller, SPE, Schlumberger; Syed Ali, SPE and Kelly Hughes, SPE, ChevronTexacopp. 121-127Preview | PDF ( 2,233 KB )    Rights & Permission

Coreless Electromagnetic Coupling-Based Drillstem Telemetry Using Dual Electronic Gauges

Tianhuai Ding and Li Cheng, Tsinghua U.pp. 128-134Preview | PDF ( 1,223 KB )    Rights & Permission

Pipeline Lubrication of Heavy Oil: Experimental Investigation of Flow and Restart Problems

Y. Peysson, Inst. Francais du Petrole; A. Bensakhria and G. Antonini, U. de Technologie de Compiegne; and J.F. Argillier, Inst. Francais du Petrolepp. 135-140Preview | PDF ( 1,299 KB )    Rights & Permission