SPE Production & Operations
Volume 22, Number 2, May 2007

Downhole Pressure Boosting in Natural Gas Wells: Well Candidate Selection and Project Progress

J.E.N. Liley and S.D. Oakley, Corac Group PLCpp. 144-150Preview | PDF ( 1,993 KB )    Rights & Permission

Producing Extra-Heavy Oil from the Orinoco Belt, Cerro Negro Area, Venezuela, Using Bottom-Drive Progressive Cavity Pumps

M.A. Ramos and J.C. Brown, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.; M. Rojas, O. Kuyucu, and J.G. Flores, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 151-155Preview | PDF ( 1,068 KB )    Rights & Permission

Heavy Oil and Bitumen Dehydration—A Comparison Between Disc-Stack Centrifuges and Conventional Separation Technology

Accurate Corrosion Prediction Through an Integrated Approach  

J.C. Bondos, R.V. Reddy, D.V. Pugh, and D.A. Norman, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.; J.L. Pacheco, ExxonMobil Development Co.; and J.L. Nelson, ExxonMobil Production Co.pp. 161-167Preview | PDF ( 1,183 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Simple Model for Annular Two-Phase Flow in Wellbores

A.R. Hasan, U. of Minnesota-Duluth; and C.S. Kabir, Chevron Energy Technology Co.pp. 168-175Preview | PDF ( 1,106 KB )    Rights & Permission

Improved Reservoir Management With Intelligent Multizone Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) Injectors and Downhole Optical Flow Monitoring

B. Sandøy, SPE, T. Tjomsland, SPE, D.T. Barton, and G.H. Daae, Statoil; and E.S. Johansen, SPE, and G. Vold, SPE, Weatherfordpp. 176-189Preview | PDF ( 4,241 KB )    Rights & Permission

Behavior of a Scale Inhibitor Water-in-Oil Emulsion in Porous Media

C. Romero, B. Bazin, and A. Zaitoun, Inst. Français du Pétrole; and F. Leal-Calderon, ISTAB, U. de Bordeauxpp. 191-201Preview | PDF ( 2,115 KB )    Rights & Permission

Controlling Formation Fines at Their Sources To Maintain Well Productivity

P.D. Nguyen, J.D. Weaver, R.D. Rickman, R.G. Dusterhoft, and M.A. Parker, Halliburtonpp. 202-215Preview | PDF ( 3,690 KB )    Rights & Permission

New Frac-Pack Redesign Methodology Improves Estimation of Tip Screenout Post-FET

W.J. Edwards, SPE, S. Gauthier, and B. Clarkson, SPE, Halliburtonpp. 216-222Preview | PDF ( 1,218 KB )    Rights & Permission

Challenging Convention in Sand Control:  Southern North Sea Examples

Colin McPhee, SPE, Chris Farrow, SPE, and Phil McCurdy, SPE, Helix RDS Limitedpp. 223-230Preview | PDF ( 1,346 KB )    Rights & Permission

Worldwide Field Applications of a Polymeric Gel System for Conformance Applications

L. Eoff, D. Dalrymple, D. Everett, and J. Vasquez, Halliburtonpp. 231-235Preview | PDF ( 415 KB )    Rights & Permission

When and Where Relative Permeability Modification Water-Shutoff Treatments Can Be Successfully Applied

Robert D. Sydansk, SPE, Sydansk Consulting Services, and Randall S. Seright, SPE, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Centerpp. 236-247Preview | PDF ( 1,213 KB )    Rights & Permission

Optimization of Horizontal Well-Completion Design With Cased/Perforated or Slotted Liner Completions

K. Furui, D. Zhu, and A.D. Hill, U. of Texas at Austin; and E.R. Davis and B.R. Buck, ConocoPhillipspp. 248-253Preview | PDF ( 693 KB )    Rights & Permission

Applying Radial Acoustic Amplitude Signals To Predict Intervals of Sand-Stuck Tubing

G. Siems, SPE, TETRA Applied Technologies, and S. Boudreaux, SPE, BEPCOpp. 254-259Preview | PDF ( 2,090 KB )    Rights & Permission

Development of a Correlation Between Performance of CO2 Flooding and the Past Performance of Waterflooding in Weyburn Oil Field

Koorosh Asghari, SPE, and Mingzhe Dong, SPE, U. of Regina, and Jessie Shire, SPE, Tom Coleridge, SPE, Janelle Nagrampa, SPE, and Jessie Grassick, SPEpp. 260-264Preview | PDF ( 982 KB )    Rights & Permission

Phase Behavior of Athabasca Vacuum Bottoms + n-Alkane Mixtures

Xiangyang Zou, SPE, Xiaohui Zhang, and John M. Shaw, U. of Albertapp. 265-272Preview | PDF ( 1,672 KB )    Rights & Permission