METHOD FOR FORMING A GRAVEL PACKED HORIZONTAL WELL

摘要

METHOD FOR FORMING A GRAVEL PAREDHORIZONTAL WELLABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREMethod for forming a gravel pack in-situ about ahorizontal well in a sandy formation. The gravel pack isformed in two separate steps so that part of the pack willfunction as a foundation for the well liner. Thereafter,the remainder of the pack is completed about the liner byintroducing a gravel slurry that accumulates about theliner.