SPE Production & Operations
Volume 23, Number 1, February 2008

Implementation of a Total-System Production-Optimization Model in a Complex Gas-Lifted Offshore Operation

M.S. Nadar, SPE, Edinburgh Petroleum Services; T.S. Schneider and K.L. Jackson, SPE, ConocoPhillips Company; and C.J.N. McKie and J. Hamid, SPEpp. 5-13Preview | PDF ( 1,116 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effective Gas-Shutoff Treatments in a Fractured Carbonate Field in Oman

E. Ali, F.E. Bergren, and P. DeMestre, Petroleum Development Oman; E. Biezen and J. van Eijden, Shell International Exploration and Productionpp. 14-23Preview | PDF ( 2,946 KB )    Rights & Permission

Use of Wavelet Transform in Pressure-Data Treatment

P.M. Ribeiro, SPE, North Fluminense State University; A.P. Pires, SPE, North Fluminense State University; E.A.P. Oliveira, Petrobras; and J.G. Ferroni, SPE, Petrobraspp. 24-31Preview | PDF ( 2,367 KB )    Rights & Permission

Stimulation of High-Temperature Sandstone Formations From West Africa With Chelating Agent-Based Fluids

S. Ali, SPE, E. Ermel, SPE, and J. Clarke, SPE, Chevron; M.J. Fuller, SPE, Z. Xiao, SPE, and B. Malone, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 32-38Preview | PDF ( 1,353 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Reservoir Mineralogy and Texture on Acid Response in Heterogeneous Sandstones

L.N. Morgenthaler, Shell E&P Co.; D. Zhu, J. Mou, and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M Universitypp. 39-48Preview | PDF ( 3,221 KB )    Rights & Permission

An Investigation of Two-Phase Oil/Water Paraffin Deposition

G.H. Couto, H. Chen, E. Dellecase, C. Sarica, and M. Volk, University of Tulsapp. 49-55Preview | PDF ( 1,322 KB )    Rights & Permission

Analysis of the Mechanism of Transport and Retention of Nonaqueous-Scale-Inhibitor Treatments in Cores Using Novel Tracer Techniques

R.A. Shields, K.S. Sorbie, SPE, M.A. Singleton, SPE, Heriot-Watt University, and H. Guan, SPE, M-I Swaco Production Technologiespp. 56-62Preview | PDF ( 1,108 KB )    Rights & Permission

String Corrosion and String Protection During Constructing and Operating Gas Storage Facility in Bedded Salt Deposit

Y. Guangjie, Drilling Research Institute, CNPC; W. Qinghua, RIPED-Langfang, PetroChina; S. Ruichen, Y. Jinping, L. Lijun, Drilling Research Institute, CNPC; and W. Chunmao, Liaohe Petroleum Exploration Bureau, CNPCpp. 63-67Preview | PDF ( 440 KB )    Rights & Permission

Rigless Tubing Repair Using Permanent and Retrievable Straddles on the North Slope, Alaska

J.Y. Julian and D.A. Cismoski, SPE, BP Exploration (Alaska); J.P. Burton, SPE, ProActive Diagnostics Services; and J.E. Johns, TecWelpp. 68-74Preview | PDF ( 1,243 KB )    Rights & Permission

Auto, Natural, or In-Situ Gas-Lift Systems Explained

Adam Vasper, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 75-80Preview | PDF ( 1,211 KB )    Rights & Permission

Investigation of Gas Carryover With a Downward Liquid Flow

R.P. Sutton, T.K. Skinner, Marathon Oil Company; R.L. Christiansen, Colorado School of Mines; and L. Wilson, Centriliftpp. 81-87Preview | PDF ( 1,576 KB )    Rights & Permission

Mechanistic/Probabilistic Modeling of Slug Initiation in a Lower Elbow of a Hilly-Terrain Pipeline

E.M. Alsafran, SPE, Kuwait University, C. Sarica, SPE; and H.-Q. Zhang, SPE, and J.P. Brill, SPE, University of Tulsapp. 88-99Preview | PDF ( 1,525 KB )    Rights & Permission

Experience in AA-LDHI Usage for a Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Dry-Tree Oil Well: Pushing the Technology Limit

A.F. Harun, SPE, G. Fung, SPE, and M. Erdogmus, SPE, BP Americapp. 100-107Preview | PDF ( 1,522 KB )    Rights & Permission