Inflow control devices (ICDs) paired with oil-swellable packers often perform water control during well completions in unconsolidated reservoirs, but ICD-packer systems offer effective zonal isolation ...

Once a well has been drilled, the decision must be made: Will this well become a producer or be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole? Should the operator decide to move forward with developing the well ...

Arabian Gulf Oil Co.’s (AGOCO) horizontal well programs in various fields in eastern, middle, and western Libyan oil fields have successfully increased initial production rates, although complicating ...