Winter 2009/2010 Volume 21 Number 4


30 Inflow Control Devices—Raising Profiles


Uneven flow of fluid through the reservoir to a long horizontal wellbore can accelerate water and gas coning that may cut short well life and leave reserves behind. Inflow control devices address this problem by slowing the flow of reservoir fluids through high-permeability streaks or at the heel of the well where annular pressure drops and inflow rates are typically higher than elsewhere along extended-length laterals.


Advisory Panel


Abdulla I. Al-Kubaisy Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia


Dilip M. Kale ONGC Energy Centre Delhi, India


Roland Hamp Woodside Energy Ltd. Perth, Australia


George King Apache Corporation Houston, Texas, USA


38 Downhole Fluids Laboratory


Operators often discover fluid complexity and reservoir heterogeneity, manifested by disappointing production results, only after expending considerable development costs. Reservoir engineers now have access to a downhole fluids laboratory to help them make more-informed decisions about reservoir connectivity and fluid properties. Using this technology, they are able to optimize production and avoid costly mistakes during development.


Eteng A. Salam PERTAMINA Jakarta, Indonesia


Jacques Braile Saliés Petrobras Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Richard Woodhouse Independent consultant Surrey, England


55 Contributors 58 New Books and Coming in Oilfield Review 60 Annual Index


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