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Reservoir Stimulation

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Michael J. Economides

Kenneth G. Nolte

MICHAEL J. ECONOMIDES IS Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston. Until the summer of 1998. he was the Samuel R. Noble Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A Ă M University and served as Chief Scientist of the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI).Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A & M University. Professor Economides was the Director of the Institute of Drilling and Production at the Institute of Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) Drilling and Production at the Leoben Mining Institute in Austria (19891993). From 1984 to 1989, he worked in a variety of senior positions with the Schlumberger companies, including Europe Region Reservoir Engineering and stimulation Manager and Senior Staff Engineer, North America. Publications include authoring or co- authormg of 7 textbooks and more that 150 journal papers and articles ranges of industrial consulting, including major retainers by national oil companies at the country level and by Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder and a Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) major shareholder in OTEK (Australia), a petroleum service and consulting firm with offices in five Australian cities. In addition to his technical interests, he has written extensively in wide circulation media on a broad range of topics associated with energy and geopolitical issues

KENNETH G. NOLTE has held various senior technical and marketing positions with Schlumberger since 1986. From 1984 to 1986, he was with Nolte-Smith. Inc. (now NSI Technologies. Inc.). Prior to 1984, Dr. Nolte was a Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) research associate with Amoco Production Company, where he worked for 16 years in the areas of offshore/arctic technology and hydraulic fracturing. Dr Nolte holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois and received and MS and PhD from Brown University He has authored numerous journal publications and has authored numerous journal publications and has various patents relating to material behavior, drilling, offshore technology and fracturing. Dr. Nolte was 1986-1987 SPE Distinguished Lecturer and received the Lester c. Uren Award in 1992.

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Reservoir stimulation

Contents

Preface: Hydraulic Fracturing. A Technology Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) for All Time

Ahmed s. Abou-Sayed

Chapter I Reservoir Stimulation in Petroleum Production

Michael J. Econoinides and Curtis Boney

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Introduction

I -1.1. Petroleum production

• 1-………………………………..1.2. Units……………………………………………………………………………………..

• 1-       2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Inflow

performance

• 1-        2.1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………I PR

steady state      1 Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) -4

• 1-       2.2………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………I PR

pseudosteady state

• 1-       2.3………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………IPR

transient (or infinite-acting) flow

• 1-       2.4………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Horizontal

well production

• 1-

Permeability anisotropy

• 1-

Alterations in the ncar-wcllborc zone

• 1-       3.1

analysis           I- Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) I I

I -3.2. Components of the skin effect

I -3.3. Skin effect caused by partial completion and      slant

• 1-

Perforation skin effect

• 1-       3.5………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Hydraulic

fracturing in production engineering

• 1-      4…………………………………………………………………………………….Tubing performance and NODAL* analysis

• 1-18

• 1-      5………………..Decision process for well Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi) stimulation

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• 1-

Stimulation economics

• 1-       5.2………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Physical

limits to stimulation treatments

1-      6……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Reservoir

engineering considerations for optimal production enhancement strategies

1-      6.1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Geometry

of the well drainage volume

1 -6.2. Well drainage volume characterizations and production optimization strategies …. 1 -24 1-  7. Stimulation execution Michael j economides, kenneth g nolte reservoi(bookfi)

1-7.1. Matrix stimulation

1-   7.2. Hydraulic fracturing

Chapter 2 Formation Characterization: Well and Reservoir Testing

Christine A. Ehlig-Economides and Michael J. Economides

• 2-   1. Evolution of a technology

• 2-   1.1. Horner semilogarithmic analysis

• 2-        1.2…………….  ……………………………………………………………………………..Log-log plot

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• 2-      2……………………………………………………………………………………….Pressure derivative in well test diagnosis

• 2-3

• 2-      3………………………………………………………………………….Parameter estimation from pressure transient data

• 2-7

• 2-       3.1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Radial flow

• 2-7

• 2-       3.2………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Linear flow

• 2-9

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• 2-       3.3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Spherical flow 2

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• 2-       3.4………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Dual porosity 2

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• 2-      3.5……………………………………………………………………….Wellbore storage and pscudostcady state 2

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