Completions Today

Improved Placement Technique for Through-Tubing Gravel Packing

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 77685, “An Improved Placement Technique for Resin-Coated Gravel in Through-Tubing Gravel Packing,” by Erik Berg, SPE, BJ Services; Ola Haugum, Norsk Hydro; Trond Reinertsen, BP; and Kristian Harestad, SPE, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September–2 October.

Advanced Completions for Injection Applications

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 74392, “Advanced Completions for injection Applications,” by Allyson Gajraj, SPE, Schlumberger; Chuanping He, SPE, Stanford U.; and Soraya Betancourt, SPE, Ruijian Li, SPE, and Younes Jalali, SPE, Schlumberger, oiginally presented at the 2002 SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition in Mexico, Villahermosa, Mexico, 10–12 February.

Vertical Annular Separation and Pumping System

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 14003, “VASPS Installation and Operation at Campos Basin,” by O.R. do Vale and J.E. Garcia, Petrobras S.A., and M. Villa, ENI SpA, originally presented at the 2002 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 6–9 May.

Perforating System Selection for Optimum Inflow Performance

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 73762, “Perforating System Selection for Optimum Well Inflow Performance,” by Kent Folse, SPE and Melissa Allin, Halliburton Energy Services; Chris Chow, SPE, ProDuce Consulting; and John Hardesty, Jet Research Center, originally presented at the 2002 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage, Lafayette, Louisiana, 20–21 February.

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Reservoir Performance

Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 75189, “Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration in Sandstones and Limestones,” by Sruti Chattopadhyay, U. of Connecticut at Storrs, and Vivek Jain, SPE, and M.M. Sharma, SPE, U. of Texas at Austin, originally presented at the 2002 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, 13–17 April.

Turn Down the Burner: Heat Management in the Midway-Sunset Field

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 76726, “Turn Down the Burner: Impact of Heat Management on the Potter Reservoir, MWSS Field, California,” by J.H. Fram, SPE, W.H.Dailey, SPE, and C.J. Walker, SPE, ChevronTexaco, originally presented at the 2002 SPE Western Regional/AAPG Pacific Section Joint Meeting, Anchorage, 20–22 May.

Waterflood Surveillance: Behind Casing Resistivity Measurement at Elk Hills

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 76730, “Next Generation Waterflood Surveillance: Behind Casing Resistivity Measurement Successfully Applied in the 'A3-A6' Waterflood at Elk Hills Field, Kern County, California,” by Mark Starcher, SPE, Dave Mut, SPE, and Mike Fontanarosa, Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc., and Bob Davis, SPE, and Chris Presmyk, SPE, Schlumberger, originally presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 30 September–3 October.

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Wellbore Stability

Producing Sand for Sand Control

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 74394, “Producing Sand for Sand Control: A Novel Approach,” by David R. Underdown, SPE, ChevronTexaco E&P Technology Co., and John Sanclemente, SPE, ChevronTexaco Tengiz, originally presented at the 2002 SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition in Mexico, Villahermosa, 10–12 February.

Acid-Treatment Effects on Openhole Stability in Limestone

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 77776, “Stability of an Openhole Completed in a Limestone Reservoir With and Without Acid Treatments,” by Nobuo Morita, SPE, Tomoki Doi, and Takanori Kinoshita, Waseda U. , originally presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 29 September–2 October.

Mitigating Wellbore Stability Problems of Water-Based Muds

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 14267, “Mitigating Wellbore Stability Problems While Drilling With Water-Based Muds in Deepwater Environments,” by U.A. Tare, SPE, Halliburton; F.K. Moody, SPE, Shell Intl. E&P Inc.; and C.P. Tan, SPE, CSIRO Petroleum, originally presented at the 2002 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 6–9 May.

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