SPE Journal
Volume 11, Number 2, June 2006

Peer Approved Papers

89404-PA

Effects of Gelant Composition and Pressure Gradients of Water and Oil on Disproportionate Permeability Reduction of Sandpacks Treated With Polyacrylamide-Chromium Acetate Gels

T.Q. Nguyen, Intel Corp.; D.W. Green, SPE, G.P. Willhite, SPE, and C.S. McCool, SPE, U. of Kansaspp. 145-157Preview | PDF ( 775 KB )    Rights & Permission

89393-PA

X-Ray Computed Microtomography Studies of Fluid Partitioning in Drainage and Imbibition Before and After Gel Placement: Disproportionate Permeability Reduction

R.S. Seright, SPE, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center; and Masa Prodanovic and W. Brent Lindquist, SPE, Stony Brook U.pp. 159-170Preview | PDF ( 1,957 KB )    Rights & Permission

89428-PA

Physically Based Capillary Pressure Correlation for Mixed-Wet Reservoirs From a Bundle-of-Tubes Model

J.O. Helland, SPE, and S.M. Skjæveland, SPE, U. of Stavangerpp. 171-180Preview | PDF ( 898 KB )    Rights & Permission

81634-PA

Reservoir Characterization During Underbalanced Drilling (UBD): Methodology and Active Tests

Erlend H. Vefring, SPE, Gerhard Nygaard, Rolf Johan Lorentzen, Geir Nævdal, SPE, and Kjell Kåre Fjelde, SPE, IRISpp. 181-192Preview | PDF ( 1,731 KB )    Rights & Permission

88819-PA

Particle Clogging in Radial Flow: Microscale Mechanisms

Julio R. Valdes, SPE, San Diego State U., and J. Carlos Santamarina, Georgia Inst. of Technologypp. 193-198Preview | PDF ( 789 KB )    Rights & Permission

90992-PA

High-Accuracy Wet-Gas Multiphase Well Testing and Production Metering

D.I. Atkinson, Schlumberger Cambridge Research; Ø. Reksten, 3-Phase Measurements A/S; G. Smith, Schlumberger; and H. Moe, Framo Engineering A/Spp. 199-205Preview | PDF ( 1,455 KB )    Rights & Permission

92398-PA

A Laboratory Investigation of Temperature-Induced Sand Consolidation

C.M. Ross, SPE, E.R. Rangel-German,* SPE, and L.M. Castanier, SPE, Stanford U.; P.S. Hara, SPE, Tidelands Oil Production Co.; and A.R. Kovscek, SPE, Stanford U.pp. 206-215Preview | PDF ( 2,257 KB )    Rights & Permission

90568-PA

An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Crossflow Effects in Two-Phase Displacements

Y. Cinar, SPE, and K. Jessen, SPE, Stanford U.; R. Berenblyum, SPE, Technical U. of Denmark; and R. Juanes, SPE, and F.M. Orr Jr., SPE, Stanford U.pp. 216-226Preview | PDF ( 2,071 KB )    Rights & Permission

90273-PA

Sand-Production Prediction: A New Set of Criteria for Modeling Based on Large-Scale Transient Experiments and Numerical Investigation

Alireza Nouri, Dalhousie U.; Hans Vaziri, BP plc America Inc.; and Hadi Belhaj and Rafiqul Islam, Dalhousie U.pp. 227-237Preview | PDF ( 1,443 KB )    Rights & Permission

93452-PA

Accurate, Efficient Quantification of Uncertainty for Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs Using the KLME Approach

Zhiming Lu, Los Alamos Natl. Laboratory, and Dongxiao Zhang, SPE, U. of Oklahomapp. 239-247Preview | PDF ( 1,792 KB )    Rights & Permission

80255-PA

Scale Formation and Prevention in the Presence of Hydrate Inhibitors

M.B. Tomson, SPE, A.T. Kan, SPE, and G. Fu, Rice U.; M. Al-Thubaiti, SPE, Saudi Aramco; and Dong Shen and Heather J. Shipley, Rice U.pp. 248-258Preview | PDF ( 2,991 KB )    Rights & Permission

87226-PA

Heavy-Oil Solution Gas Drive in Consolidated and Unconsolidated Rock

G.-Q. Tang, SPE, Stanford U.; A. Sahni, SPE, F. Gadelle, SPE, and M. Kumar, SPE, Chevron Corp.; and A.R. Kovscek, SPE, Stanford U.pp. 259-268Preview | PDF ( 1,704 KB )    Rights & Permission