August 2012
Features

Openhole packers for advanced horizontal completions

Part 2. The first of this two-part article series described various types of wellbore isolation packers and discussed openhole packers in general. In Part 2, the authors discuss how the openhole packers can be applied in advanced horizontal completions to improve well production and control undesired fluid breakthrough.


This is a preview of our premium content. Thank you for your interest—please log in or subscribe to read the full article.
Connect with World Oil
Connect with World Oil, the upstream industry's most trusted source of forecast data, industry trends, and insights into operational and technological advances.