SPE Production & Operations
Volume 25, Number 3, August 2010

Incremental-Oil Success From Waterflood Sweep Improvement in Alaska

Danielle Ohms, Jennifer McLeod, and Craig J. Graff, SPE, BP Alaska; Harry Frampton, SPE, BP; Jim C. Morgan, SPE, Jimtech; Stephen Cheung, SPE; and K.T. Chang, SPE, Nalcopp. 247-254Preview | PDF ( 1,162 KB )    Rights & Permission

Milling of Permanent Bridge Plug Successfully Performed on Wireline

Stephen Stragiotti and Øyvind Andersen,Statoil, and Ole Eddie Karlsen, SPE, Welltecpp. 255-261Preview | PDF ( 837 KB )    Rights & Permission

Fluid-Diversion Monitoring: The Key to Treatment Optimization

Gerard Glasbergen, Valerie Yeager, and Robert Reyes, SPE, Halliburton; Don Everett, SPE, Oxy Permian Ltd.pp. 262-274Preview | PDF ( 1,926 KB )    Rights & Permission

Gas-Well Liquid-Loading-Field-Data Analysis and Multiphase-Flow Modeling

Kees Veeken, SPE, Shell; Bin Hu, SPE, SPT Group; and Wouter Schiferli, SPE, TNOpp. 275-284Preview | PDF ( 1,242 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Mechanistic Model for Gas/Liquid Flow in Upward Vertical Annuli

T.T. Yu, H.-Q. Zhang, and M.X. Li, SPE; and C. Sarica, SPE, the University of Tulsapp. 285-295Preview | PDF ( 945 KB )    Rights & Permission

Predicting Flow Profile of Horizontal Well by Downhole Pressure and Distributed-Temperature Data for Waterdrive Reservoir

Zhuoyi Li and Ding Zhu, Texas A&M Universitypp. 296-304Preview | PDF ( 571 KB )    Rights & Permission

Advanced Wells: A Comprehensive Approach to the Selection Between Passive and Active Inflow-Control Completions

F.T. Al-Khelaiwi and V.M. Birchenko, Heriot Watt University, SPE; M.R. Konopczynski, Well Dynamics-Halliburton, SPE; and D.R. Davies, Heriot Watt University, SPEpp. 305-326Preview | PDF ( 2,430 KB )    Rights & Permission

Slickwater Fracturing: Food for Thought

T.T. Palisch, SPE, Carbo Ceramics; M.C. Vincent, SPE, Insight Consulting; and P.J. Handren, SPE, Denbury Resourcespp. 327-344Preview | PDF ( 1,412 KB )    Rights & Permission

How To Use and Misuse Proppant Crush Tests: Exposing the Top 10 Myths

Terry Palisch, R. Duenckel, and Mark Chapman, SPE; Scott Woolfolk, Carbo Ceramics; and M.C. Vincent, SPE, Insight Consultingpp. 345-354Preview | PDF ( 594 KB )    Rights & Permission

Rheological Properties of a New Class of Viscoelastic Surfactant

L. Li, SPE, and H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Texas A&M University; K.E. Cawiezel, SPE, BJ Servicespp. 355-366Preview | PDF ( 802 KB )    Rights & Permission

New Insights Into the Viscosity of Polymer-Based In-Situ-Gelled Acids

A.M. Gomaa, SPE, and H.A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 367-375Preview | PDF ( 481 KB )    Rights & Permission

Comparison of Flowback Aids: Understanding Their Capillary Pressure and Wetting Properties

Paul R. Howard, Sumitra Mukhopadhyay, Nita Moniaga, and Laura Schafer, Schlumberger; and Glenn Penny and Keith Dismuke, CESI Chemicalpp. 376-387Preview | PDF ( 927 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Placement Model for Matrix Acidizing of Vertically Extensive, Heterogeneous Gas Reservoirs

M. Nozaki and A.D. Hill, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 388-397Preview | PDF ( 599 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Novel α-Amylase Enzyme Stabilizer for Applications at High Temperatures

Mathew Samuel, Abdul Hameed Mohsen, Aziz Bin Ejan, Yean Sang Ooi, and Shameed Ashraf, Schlumberger; and Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, Texas A&M Universitypp. 398-408Preview | PDF ( 1,052 KB )    Rights & Permission