SPE Production & Operations
Volume 23, Number 4, November 2008

Case Study: The Use of Downhole Control Valves to Sustain Oil Production from the First Maximum Reservoir Contact, Multilateral, and Smart Completion Well in Ghawar Field

S.M. Mubarak, T.R. Pham, and S.S. Shamrani, SPE, Saudi Aramco, and M. Shafiq, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 427-430Preview | PDF ( 816 KB )    Rights & Permission

Analyzing Underperformance of Tortuous Horizontal Wells: Validation With Field Data

M. Kerem, SPE, Shell E&P B.V.; M. Proot, Shell GSI B.V.; and P. Oudeman, SPE, Shell E&P B.Vpp. 431-438Preview | PDF ( 2,927 KB )    Rights & Permission

Maximum Reservoir Contact Wells Performance Update: Shaybah Field, Saudi Arabia

S.P. Salamy, H.K Al-Mubarak, M.S. Ghamdi, and D. Hembling, Saudi Aramcopp. 439-443Preview | PDF ( 1,192 KB )    Rights & Permission

Haradh-III: Industry's Largest Field Development With Maximum-Reservoir-Contact-Wells, Smart-Well Completions, and the iField Concept

Abdulaziz O. Al-Kaabi, SPE, Nabeel I. Al-Afaleg, SPE, Tony Pham, SPE, Ali S. Al-Muallem, SPE, Fahad A. Al-Bani, SPE, Richard G. Hart, and Drew E. Hembling, SPE, Saudi Aramcopp. 444-447Preview | PDF ( 8,611 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Rate-Allocation-Optimization Framework

B. Güyagüler and T. Byer, Chevronpp. 448-457Preview | PDF ( 1,748 KB )    Rights & Permission

An Improved Model for the Liquid-Loading Process in Gas Wells

Frank van Gool and Peter K. Currie, Delft University of Technologypp. 458-463Preview | PDF ( 1,316 KB )    Rights & Permission

IPO Gas Lift Design With Valve Performance

Kenneth L. Decker, Decker Technologypp. 464-467Preview | PDF ( 1,581 KB )    Rights & Permission

Managing Formation-Damage Risk From Scale-Inhibitor Squeeze Treatments in Deepwater, Subsea Fields in the Campos Basin

Philip Bogaert, Marcos C. Berredo, Celso Toschi, and Bill Bryson, Shell Brasil E&P; Myles M. Jordan, Nalco; Dario M. Frigo, Shell International E&P; and Marcos Afonso, Nalcopp. 468-477Preview | PDF ( 2,713 KB )    Rights & Permission

Plugging of Fractures in Chalk Reservoirs by Enzymatic-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation

Jan Larsen, SPE, Mærsk Oil; Mikael Poulsen, Thomas Lundgaard, SPE, and Mikkel Agerbæk, Danish Technological Institutepp. 478-483Preview | PDF ( 1,278 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Droplet Size, Emulsifier Concentration, and Acid-Volume Fraction on the Rheological Properties and Stability of Emulsified Acids

S.H. Al-Mutairi, SPE, Saudi Aramco, A.D. Hill, SPE, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 484-497Preview | PDF ( 2,110 KB )    Rights & Permission

Designing Hydraulic Fractures in Russian Oil and Gas Fields to Accommodate Non-Darcy and Multiphase Flow

Andrey V. Dedurin, TNK-BP; Vadim A. Majar, Gazpromneft; Andrey A. Voronkov, SPE, SIAM; Alexey G. Zagurenko, SPE, Rosneft; and Alexander Y. Zakharov, SPE, Terry Palisch, SPE, and M.C. Vincent, SPE, Carbo Ceramicspp. 498-511Preview | PDF ( 8,876 KB )    Rights & Permission

Nanotechnology Applications in Viscoelastic Surfactant Stimulation Fluids

Tianping Huang, SPE, and James B. Crews, SPE, Baker Hughespp. 512-517Preview | PDF ( 4,845 KB )    Rights & Permission

Computation of Sand Production in Water Injectors

Hans Vaziri, BP; Alireza Nouri, University of Alberta; Knut Hovem and Xiuli Wang, BPpp. 518-524Preview | PDF ( 1,388 KB )    Rights & Permission

Injectivity Decline From Produced-Water Reinjection: New Insights on In-Depth Particle-Deposition Mechanisms

D. Rousseau, SPE, L. Hadi, and L. Nabzar, SPE, Institut Français du Pétrolepp. 525-531Preview | PDF ( 2,214 KB )    Rights & Permission

Successful Control of High-Pressure Gas Well by Use of a Crosslinked Gel During Coiled-Tubing Fishing

Linus Nwoke, SPE, Shell-Nigeria; James Arukhe, SPE, Petro-Canada; and Chike Uchendu, SPE, BJ Servicespp. 532-536Preview | PDF ( 1,244 KB )    Rights & Permission