Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology 2009 №1 Winter

Aramco Services Company. — 73 p. — ISSN: 1319-2388.The Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology (JOT) is published quarterly by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to provide the company’s scientific and engineering communities a forum for the exchange of ideas through the presentation of technical information aimed at advancing knowledge in the hydrocarbon industry.Optimization of Multiple Hydraulic Fractures for Open Hole Horizontal Wells by Numerical Modeling – Saudi Arabia Case Study
Byung O. Lee, Dr. Arash Soleimani, Steve Dyer and Kirk M. Bartko
Model Development for Monitoring Semi-Regen Naphtha Reforming Catalyst Activity and Predicting Reformate Yield
Gene J. Yeh and Fehed Al-Nafisee
Oriented Fracturing: A New Technique to Hydraulically Fracture Open Hole Horizontal Wells
Dr. Hazim H. Abass, Dr. Mohamed Y. Soliman, Dr. Ashraf M. Al-Tahini, Dr. Jim B. Surjaatmadja, David L. Meadows and Leopoldo Sierra
Deep Electrical Images, Geosignals and Real Time Inversion Help Guide Steering Decisions
Douglas J. Seifert, Saleh M. Al-Dossary, Roland Chemali, Dr. Michael Bittar, Amr Lofty, Jason Pitcher and Mohammed Bayrakdar
World’s First 3 7 ⁄ 8 ” Multilateral Short Radius Re-entry Completed with Ultra Slim ICD System
Adib A. Al-Mumen, Ghassan A. Al-Essa, Morry Infra, Sami S. Al-BuZaid and Giovanni Salerno
New Technology Applications for Improved Attic Oil Recovery: The World's First Slim Smart Completions
Stig Lyngra, Abdulkareem M. Al-Sofi, Uthman F. Al-Otaibi, Mohammed J. Alshakhs and Ahmad A. Al-Alawi
Successful Field Trial of a Novel Abrasive Jetting Tool Designed to Create Large Diameter, Long Cavities in the Formation to Enhance Stimulation Treatments
J. Ricardo Solares, J. Ricardo Amorocho, Kirk M. Bartko, Larry Leising, Zafer Erkol, Dr. Shri Kelkar, Venkateshwaran Ramanathan and Ruslan Saldeev
Study on the Optimization of De-scaling Operations in Saudi Aramco Khuff Gas Wells
Mohammed A. Al-Tolaihy, Dawood O. Bukhari, An Ming Wu and Carlos A. Franco