SPE Production & Operations
Volume 23, Number 3, August 2008

Development and Field Use of a Novel Solvent/Water Emulsion for the Removal of Asphaltene Deposits in Fractured Carbonate Formations

Stephen Lightford, Halliburton; E. Pitoni, Eni SpA; F. Armesi, Halliburton; and L. Mauri, Eni E&Ppp. 301-311Preview | PDF ( 940 KB )    Rights & Permission

Case Studies of Emulsion Behavior at Reservoir Conditions

Sunil Kokal, SPE, and Mohammed Al-Dokhi, Saudi Aramcopp. 312-317Preview | PDF ( 1,224 KB )    Rights & Permission

Productivity Impairment From Kaolinite Mobilization: Laboratory and Field Experience, Oseberg Sor

Niall Fleming, SPE, Anne-Mette Mathisen, SPE, Synnøve H. Eriksen, SPE, Erlend Moldrheim, SPE, and Thomas Rudberg Johansen, SPE, StatoilHydro, Bergenpp. 318-330Preview | PDF ( 2,640 KB )    Rights & Permission

Squeeze Chemical for HT Applications--Have We Discarded Promising Products by Performing Unrepresentative Thermal-Aging Tests?

Rex Wat, SPE, Lars-Even Hauge, SPE, Kare Solbakken, Kjell Erik Wennberg, SPE, Linda Merete Sivertsen, and Berit Gjersvold, Statoil ASApp. 331-342Preview | PDF ( 1,422 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Texture of Acidized Fracture Surfaces: Implications for Acid Fracture Conductivity

C. Malagon, SPE, M. Pournik, SPE, and A.D. Hill, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 343-352Preview | PDF ( 1,911 KB )    Rights & Permission

Reaction of Gelled Acids With Calcite

H.A. Nasr-El-Din , SPE, and A.M. Al-Mohammad, SPE, A.M. Al-Aamri, and O. Al-Fuwaires, Saudi Aramcopp. 353-361Preview | PDF ( 736 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Holistic Approach to the Design and Evaluation of Hydraulic-Fracture Treatments in Tight Gas Reservoirs

M.A. Aghighi, Z. Chen, and S.S. Rahman, SPE, University of New South Wales362-372Preview | PDF ( 1,223 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Field Study in Optimizing Completion Strategies for Fracture Initiation in Barnett Shale Horizontal Wells

A.A. Ketter and J.R. Heinze, Devon Energy, and J.L. Daniels and G. Waters, Schlumbergerpp. 373-378Preview | PDF ( 550 KB )    Rights & Permission

Repeatedly Increased Efficiency and Success Rate From a New Solids-Cleanout Process Using Coiled Tubing: A Review of Recent Achievements From More Than 100 Operations

M. Sach, SPE, and J. Li, SPE, BJ Services Companypp. 379-391Preview | PDF ( 2,580 KB )    Rights & Permission

Production Optimization by Use of the Capillary Technology in the Loma La Lata Field

P. Cabral and C.R. Gierega, Repsol-YPF; and P. Costanza and A.A. Suriano, PQB-Bolland y Ciapp. 392-403Preview | PDF ( 1,918 KB )    Rights & Permission

Challenges for Waterflooding in a Deepwater Environment

Azhar Al-Kindi, SPE, Shell; Robert Prince-Wright, RISKbytes Inc.; and John Walsh, Cor Kuijvenhoven, Lee Morgenthaler, and Wesley Moore, Shellpp. 404-410Preview | PDF ( 576 KB )    Rights & Permission

Application of Relative Permeability Modifiers To Control Water Cut Following Hydraulic Fracturing in Western Siberia Oil Fields--Russian Case-History Study

E.G. Borodin, SPE, Rosneft; P.E. Vakhroushev, and S.M. Stolyarov, SPE, and L.J. Kalfayan, SPE, BJ Servicespp. 411-418Preview | PDF ( 1,991 KB )    Rights & Permission