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Operators are ready for more sophisticated multilateral well technology

Journal Article · · Petroleum Engineer International
OSTI ID:218361
Operators, encouraged by the profit-promoting successes of improved directional drilling and 3-D seismic imaging, are poised to embrace multilateral drilling and completion as they did horizontal technologies. And service companies appear ready to oblige them with the technological advances operators demand. This paper reviews the existing uses of multilateral wells, the equipment, and installation techniques along with the identified problems with these methods.
OSTI ID:
218361
Journal Information:
Petroleum Engineer International, Journal Name: Petroleum Engineer International Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 69; ISSN 0164-8322; ISSN PEEID4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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