SPE Production & Operations
Volume 23, Number 2, May 2008

Workovers in Sour Environments: How Do We Avoid Coiled Tubing (CT) Failures?

Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Saudi Aramco and Arthur S. Metcalf, SPE, BJ Services112-118Preview | PDF ( 743 KB )    Rights & Permission

Eliminating Multiple Interventions Using a Single Rig-Up Coiled-Tubing Solution

P. Santhana Kumar, SPE, Stan Van Gisbergen, SPE, Jeremy Harris, and Erik Ferdiansyah, Petroleum Development Oman; Mark Brady, SPE, Shell International E&P; and Salah Al Harthy and Arun Pandey, Schlumberger119-124Preview | PDF ( 1,766 KB )    Rights & Permission

Modeling Nonisothermal Rapid Multiphase Flow in Wells Under Nonequilibrium Conditions

Guillermo Michel and Faruk Civan, SPE, the University of Oklahoma125-134Preview | PDF ( 1,566 KB )    Rights & Permission

Awakening an Old Field—A Case Study of a Refracturing Program in the Greater Green River Basin

Mark Shaefer, BJ Services135-146Preview | PDF ( 4,579 KB )    Rights & Permission

Comparative Study of Flowback Analysis Using Polymer Concentrations and Fracturing-Fluid Tracer Methods: A Field Study

Mahmoud Asadi, SPE, and Robert A. Woodroof, SPE, ProTechnics, Division of Core Laboratories; and Ron E. Himes, SPE, Stim Lab, Division of Core Laboratories147-157Preview | PDF ( 2,587 KB )    Rights & Permission

Consideration for Future Stimulation Options Is Vital in Deciding Horizontal Well Drilling and Completion Schemes for Production Optimization

Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Billy W. McDaniel, Leonard R. Case, Loyd E. East, and James F. Pyecroft, Halliburton158-169Preview | PDF ( 3,211 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Formation Modulus Contrast on Hydraulic Fracture Height Containment

Hongren Gu, SPE, and Eduard Siebrits, SPE, Schlumberger170-176Preview | PDF ( 1,563 KB )    Rights & Permission

High-Viscosity-Yield Acid Systems for High-Temperature Stimulation

Thomas D. Welton, SPE, and Mary S. Van Domelen, SPE, Halliburton177-183Preview | PDF ( 1,733 KB )    Rights & Permission

Fracture Acidizing: What Role Does Formation Softening Play in Production Response?

H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, and S.M. Al-Driweesh, SPE, Saudi Aramco; A.S. Metcalf, SPE, and J.B. Chesson, SPE, BJ Services Company184-191Preview | PDF ( 5,357 KB )    Rights & Permission

Low Sulfate Seawater Injection for Barium Sulfate Scale Control: A Life-of-Field Solution to a Complex Challenge

Myles M. Jordan, Nalco, Ian R. Collins, BP Exploration Operating Company, and Eric J. Mackay, Heriot-Watt University192-209Preview | PDF ( 5,427 KB )    Rights & Permission

Formation Damage Through Asphaltene Precipitation Resulting From CO2 Gas Injection in Iranian Carbonate Reservoirs

Amirmasoud Kalantari Dahaghi, Vida Gholami, SPE ,West Virginia University; Jamshid Moghadasi, SPE, University of Surrey; and R. Abdi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology210-214Preview | PDF ( 1,100 KB )    Rights & Permission

Inhibitor Performance on Corrosion and Erosion/Corrosion Under Turbulent Flow With Sand and CO2—An AC Impedance Study

C. Wang and A. Neville, University of Leeds215-220Preview | PDF ( 1,797 KB )    Rights & Permission

Quantification of Uncertainties for Drilling-Induced Formation Damage

Y. Ding, G. Renard, and B. Herzhaft, Institut Français du Pétrole221-231Preview | PDF ( 3,044 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Relative Importance of Wellbore Pressure Drop and Formation Damage in Horizontal Wells

A.D. Hill and D. Zhu, Texas A&M University232-240Preview | PDF ( 1,476 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Rigorous Composite-Inflow-Performance Relationship Model for Multilateral Wells

Boyun Guo, SPE, U. of Louisiana at Lafayette; Jinkui Zhou, Daqing Vocational College; Kegang Ling, SPE, and Ali Ghalambor, SPE, U. of Louisiana at Lafayette241-248Preview | PDF ( 1,448 KB )    Rights & Permission

Field-Development Case Study: Production Optimization Through Continuous Multidisciplinary Reservoir and Production Monitoring

Hector Ruiz, SPE and Phil Poettmann, SPE, Schlumberger; Tatiana Kryuchkova, SPE, IRDC; Vladimir Igoshkin, Geoseis; Inna Edelman, Gazprom-neft; Nik Kalita, BG, and Bogdan Voicu249-256Preview | PDF ( 2,798 KB )    Rights & Permission

Analysis of Possible Applications of Dual ESPs—A Reservoir-Engineering Perspective

D.R. Davies, SPE, R. Narayanasamy, SPE, B. Kristensen, and J.M. Somerville, SPE, Heriot-Watt University257-267Preview | PDF ( 2,847 KB )    Rights & Permission

On Instability in Gas Lift Wells and Schemes for Stabilization by Automatic Control

Gisle Otto Eikrem, SPE, Ole Morten Aamo, and Bjarne A. Foss, Norwegian University of Science and Technology268-279Preview | PDF ( 2,375 KB )    Rights & Permission

Well Integrity Operations at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Joe Anders, SPE, Steve Rossberg, SPE, Anna Dube, Harry Engel, SPE, and David Andrews, SPE, BP Exploration (Alaska)280-286Preview | PDF ( 1,126 KB )    Rights & Permission

Performance Appraisals of Gas/Oil Separation Plants

Sunil Kokal, SPE and Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, SPE, Saudi Aramcopp. 287-296Preview | PDF ( 2,574 KB )    Rights & Permission