CPC E21B 43/14 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |
1. A method of managing skin within a subterranean wellbore, the method comprising:
(a) adjusting a flowrate of formation fluids flowing through an interior of a production tubing located in the subterranean wellbore, and
(b) oscillating a drawdown pressure of the subterranean wellbore in a predetermined pattern in response to adjusting the flowrate of the formation fluids flowing through the interior of the production tubing, wherein the oscillation in the drawdown pressure comprises a plurality of alternating drawdown pressure increases and drawdown pressure decreases,
wherein the drawdown pressure increases of the predetermined pattern comprise increasing the drawdown pressure at a first rate, and
wherein the drawdown pressure decreases of the predetermined pattern comprise decreasing the drawdown pressure at a second rate that is different from the first rate.
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