SPE Production & Operations
Volume 28, Number 1, February 2013

Impacts of Diverse Fluvial Depositional Environments on Hydraulic Fracture Growth in Tight Gas Reservoirs

Patricia H. Cuba, Jennifer L. Miskimins, Donna S. Anderson, and Mary M. Carr, Colorado School of Minespp. 8-25Preview | PDF ( 3,133 KB )    Rights & Permission

Mechanically Induced Fracture-Face Skin--Insights From Laboratory Testing and Modeling Approaches

Andreas Reinicke, SPE, Guido Blöcher, Günter Zimmermann, Ernst Huenges, and Georg Dresen, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences; Sergei Stanchits, TerraTek; and Björn Legarth, SPE, and Axel Makurat, Royal Dutch Shellpp. 26-35Preview | PDF ( 927 KB )    Rights & Permission

Selecting Candidate Wells for Refracturing Using Production Data

Nicolas P. Roussel, ConocoPhillips; and Mukul M. Sharma, University of Texas at Austinpp. 36-45Preview | PDF ( 1,079 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Acid Spending on Etching and Acid-Fracture Conductivity

M. Pournik, University of Oklahoma; L. Li, B. Smith, and H.A. Nasr-El-Din, Texas A&M Universitypp. 46-54Preview | PDF ( 1,155 KB )    Rights & Permission

"Squimulation"--Simultaneous Well-Stimulation and Scale-Squeeze Treatments in Deepwater West Africa

D. Patterson, M. Kendrick, and W. Williams, Chevron; and M. Jordan, Nalcopp. 55-66Preview | PDF ( 1,161 KB )    Rights & Permission

Field Study of the Physical and Chemical Factors Affecting Downhole Scale Deposition in the North Dakota Bakken Formation

L.M. Cenegy, C.A. McAfee, and L.J. Kalfayan, SPE, Hess Corporationpp. 67-76Preview | PDF ( 705 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Thermally Actuated Gas-Lift Safety Valve

Eric Gilbertson and Franz Hover, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Bryan Freeman, Chevron ETCpp. 77-84Preview | PDF ( 889 KB )    Rights & Permission

First Application of Progressing Cavity Pumps for Appraisal Well Testing in the Ugandan Albertine Graben Basin

S. Sathyamoorthy, A. Steyn, J. McGilvray, H. Fuchs, B. Ainebyona, P. Kyomugisha, S. Vijapurapu, N. Kagga, and R. Rindfuss, Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Ltd; and D. Basiima, Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development of Ugandapp. 85-94Preview | PDF ( 1,233 KB )    Rights & Permission

Sand Prediction: A Practical Finite-Element 3D Approach for Real Field Applications

G. Volonté, F. Scarfato, and M. Brignoli, Eni Exploration & Productionpp. 95-108Preview | PDF ( 3,156 KB )    Rights & Permission