Download or read book Abrasive Water Jet Perforation and Multi Stage Fracturing written by Zhongwei Huang and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abrasive Water Jet Perforation and Multi-Stage Fracturing gives petroleum engineers, well completion managers and fracturing specialists a critical guide to understanding all the details of the technology including materials, tools, design methods and field applications. The exploitation and development of unconventional oil and gas resources has continued to gain importance, and multi-stage fracturing with abrasive water jets has emerged as one of the top three principal methods to recover unconventional oil and gas, yet there is no one collective reference to explain the fundamentals, operations and influence this method can deliver. The book introduces current challenges and gives solutions for the problems encountered. Packed with references and real-world examples, the book equips engineers and specialists with a necessary reservoir stimulation tool to better understand today's fracturing technology. - Provides understanding of the fundamentals, design and application of water jet perforation - Examines the pressure boosting assembly in all phases including initiation, hydraulic isolation and production stage - Evaluates production analysis, pump pressure predictions and the latest design software - Introduces current challenges and gives solutions for the problems encountered

Download or read book Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells written by Mahmoud Khalifeh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book offers a timely guide to challenges and current practices to permanently plug and abandon hydrocarbon wells. With a focus on offshore North Sea, it analyzes the process of plug and abandonment of hydrocarbon wells through the establishment of permanent well barriers. It provides the reader with extensive knowledge on the type of barriers, their functioning and verification. It then discusses plug and abandonment methodologies, analyzing different types of permanent plugging materials. Last, it describes some tests for verifying the integrity and functionality of installed permanent barriers. The book offers a comprehensive reference guide to well plugging and abandonment (P&A) and well integrity testing. The book also presents new technologies that have been proposed to be used in plugging and abandoning of wells, which might be game-changing technologies, but they are still in laboratory or testing level. Given its scope, it addresses students and researchers in both academia and industry. It also provides information for engineers who work in petroleum industry and should be familiarized with P&A of hydrocarbon wells to reduce the time of P&A by considering it during well planning and construction.

Download or read book Fracture Elimination and Minimization in Abrasive Water Jet AWJ Machining of Brittle Materials written by Kee Yoon Tiew and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Principles of Abrasive Water Jet Machining written by Andreas W. Momber and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-03-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abrasive water jet machining was introduced to manufacturing ten years ago and has been increasingly used for treating hard-to-machine and multi-layered materials and as an alternative tool for milling, turning, drilling and polishing. This is the first comprehensive review of the technique, dealing with a broad range of issues including mixing and acceleration processes, material removal mechanisms, process optimization and fluid mechanics. Explanations are given as the book follows the development of an abrasive water jet machining process, from tool generation through to machining results, supervision and control. This methodical journey through the field is marked by drawings, graphs and tables, many of which are being published here for the first time. Though the book is written at an academic level, it focuses very much on practical applications, which reflects the authors' extensive involvement with both laboratory research and industrial practices.

Download or read book Water Jet Perforation written by George A. Savanick and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collimated Abrasive Water jet Behavior written by David E. Swanson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Optimization of Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment for Maximization of the Tight Gas Productivity written by Mengting Li and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydraulic fracturing is essential technology for the development of unconventional resources such as tight gas. So far, there are no numerical tools which can optimize the whole process from geological modeling, hydraulic fracturing until production simulation with the same 3D model with consideration of the thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling. In this dissertation, a workflow and a numerical tool chain were developed for design and optimization of multistage hydraulic fracturing in horizontal well regarding a maximum productivity of the tight gas wellbore. After the verification a full 3D reservoir model is generated based on a real tight gas field in the North German Basin. Through analysis of simulation results, a new calculation formula of FCD was proposed, which takes the proppant position and concentration into account and can predict the gas production rate more accurately. However, not only FCD but also proppant distribution and hydraulic connection of stimulated fractures to the well, geological structure and the interaction between fractures are determinant for the gas production volume. Through analysis the numerical results of sensitivity analysis and optimization variations, there is no unique criterion to determine the optimal number and spacing of the fractures, it should be analyzed firstly in detail to the actual situation and decided then from case to case.

Download or read book Water Jet Perforation written by Benjamin W. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Piercing of Materials with Abrasive Water Jet written by Ivana Kleinedlerová and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-08 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an innovative approach for piercing materials and shows how the application of computer software and correct setting of technological parameters in production are important tools for achieving the required production quality. Piercing of material is performed in practice for all types and thicknesses of materials, always within the residual material. This book shows how the AWJC piercing in material can be performed in a more productive way as is currently the case, bringing ultimate reduction of cutting costs, especially for cut material saving.

Download or read book Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs written by Hoss Belyadi and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs: Theories, Operations, and Economic Analysis introduces the basic characteristics and theories surrounding hydraulic fracturing and the main process of fracturing in shale, including the main workflow, the details in case analysis, and the fundamental differences between theory, study, and practical operation. The book takes the complex nature of the hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs and applies a practical approach that can be useds as a workflow for designing fracture treatments in various shale basins across the world. Providing the audience with theories, best practices, operation and execution, and economic analysis of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs, this reference guides the engineer and manager through broad topics including an introduction to unconventional reservoirs, advanced shale reservoir characterization, and shale gas in place calculation as well as expanding to basic theories of hydraulic fracturing and advanced topics in shale reservoir stimulation. Rounding out with coverage on the environmental aspects and practice problems on design and economic analysis, the book delivers the critical link needed between academia and industry for all aspects of hydraulic fracturing operations. - Presents basic characteristics of unconventional reservoirs and introductory theories and practices on hydraulic fracturing, including post-fracturing analysis - Includes an explanation of company assets and financial responsibility, with coverage on economic evaluation and how to predict decline curves - Provides tactics on how to strengthen real-world skills with the inclusion of practice examples at the end of the book

Download or read book Simulation and Production Evaluation of Multiple stage Hydraulic Fracturing in Horizontal Wellbores written by Mahdi Haddad and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shale formations have globally emerged as the sustainable hydrocarbon resources in the advent of the technologies for the economic production from these formations: horizontal drilling combined with multiple-stage hydraulic fracturing. The viable production from these resources requires a maximized stimulated reservoir volume encompassing a complex induced fracture network, which is highly dependent on the stimulation design. The optimization of the ultimate recovery requires integrated fracturing models with reservoir models in virtue of the limitations on the field data acquisition and their reliability, the high-cost of re-stimulation plans, and low-fidelity current reservoir simulation workflows. We proposed 2D and 3D hydraulic-fracturing models on the basis of the cohesive zone model (CZM) and extended finite element method (XFEM) with a combination of the following capabilities: (1) inclusion of fracture intersections via pore-pressure coupling; (2) fully-coupled poroelasticity in matrix, continuum-based leakoff, and slit flow in fracture(s) with the cohesive behavior for fracture growth. These models were validated in comparison with KGD solution, and were employed for the hydraulic-fracturing design and understanding microseismic event distributions. Moreover, the output of these models in a specific 2D case was integrated with a reservoir simulation workflow for the prediction of long-term production from the induced fracture network. Our 2D and 3D fracture-intersection cases demonstrate the significant role of the following parameters in the growth pattern of fractures upon intersection: (1) the length of the initially open segment of the natural fracture at the intersection; (2) the horizontal stress contrast; (3) the distance between the injection point and the intersection. Notably, hydraulic fracturing in higher depths with higher horizontal stress contrasts and closer injection points to the intersection causes more extensive natural-fracture opening and shear slippage. Also, we demonstrated the application of the proposed 3D fracture intersection model for further understanding of the anomalies observed in the Vaca Muerta Shale. This study revealed that the microseismic events at shallower depths, later times, and deviated from the expected planar distribution are mainly associated with shear slippage along weak interfaces due to the induced stresses by hydraulic fracturing. Thereby, our explicit modeling of fluid infiltration into the natural fracture(s) at the intersection leads to better understanding of the nature of microseismic events. Our multiple-stage, multiple-wellbore, hydraulic-fracturing model for naturally fractured reservoirs includes the operational and field components during the shale stimulations such as perforation tunnel length distribution, horizontal wellbores, stochastically-retrieved fully-cemented natural-fracture network, plugs for the stage stimulation (via connector elements), and external stimulation scenarios (controlled by programming the connector elements in an external user subroutine). The application of this model on synthetic cases shows the following: (1) sequential fracturing with limited number of clusters per stage leads to more control on the cluster stimulation in the presence of the non-uniform perforation tunnel length distribution and wellbore model; (2) proportional cluster efficiency with the perforation tunnel length (promoting the consistent perforation technology); (3) over-estimation of the cluster stimulation in the absence of the wellbore model and/or the natural-fracture network; and (4) more-viscous fracturing fluids conclude less complex induced fracture network (in agreement with the common field observations). The initial natural-fracture network in this model was retrieved from the proposed object-based method. Also, the transfer of the induced fracture network into an embedded discrete fracture model is featured by the higher fidelity in the estimation of long-term gas production from naturally fractured reservoirs. For the investigation of the effect of in-situ stresses on the reservoir engineering problems, we implemented the coupling of a geomechanics module with the UTCOMP reservoir simulator. We first validated this implementation via comparing the results with GPAS and CMG results at various cases. Our improvements in the geomechanics module (lowering the frequency of calling the geomechanics module and the order of the finite-element shape functions) significantly reduced the computational expenses while maintaining the solution accuracy. Overall, water flooding shows more sensitivity to the number of the reservoir-simulation time steps per geomechanics call than gas flooding cases (e.g., CO2 injection). Our reservoir simulation model for re-fracturing included various injection and production steps to show the effect of the re-fracturing fluid injection in a depleted formation on the ultimate recovery. This study showed the significant effect of the re-fracturing water injection in production via changing a single-phase to two-phase gas flow regime and deeper water invasion into the matrix due to the pressure depletion (after primary production)

Download or read book Sand Control in Well Construction and Operation written by Davorin Matanovic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced sand causes a lot of problems. From that reasons sand production must be monitored and kept within acceptable limits. Sand control problems in wells result from improper completion techniques or changes in reservoir properties. The idea is to provide support to the formation to prevent movement under stresses resulting from fluid flow from reservoir to well bore. That means that sand control often result with reduced well production. Control of sand production is achieved by: reducing drag forces (the cheapest and most effective method), mechanical sand bridging (screens, gravel packs) and increasing of formation strength (chemical consolidation). For open hole completions or with un-cemented slotted liners/screens sand failure will occur and must be predicted. Main problem is plugging. To combat well failures due to plugging and sand breakthrough Water-Packing or Shunt-Packing are used.

Download or read book Jet Cutting Technology written by A. Lichtarowicz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Jet Cutting Technology, held at St. Andrews, Scotland, on 8-10 September 1992. Jetting techniques have been successfully applied for many years in the field of cleaning and descaling. Today, however, jet cutting is used in operations as diverse as removing cancerous growths from the human body, decommissioning sunsea installations and disabling explosive munitions. The diversity is reflected in the papers presented at the conference. The papers were divided into several main sections: jetting basics -- materials; jetting basics -- fluid mechanics; mining and quarrying; civil engineering; new developments; petrochem; cleaning and surface treatment; and manufacturing. The high quality of papers presented at the conference has further reinforced its position as the premier event in the field. The volume will be of interest to researchers, developers and manufacturers of systems, equipment users and contractors.

Download or read book Well Completion Design written by Jonathan Bellarby and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completions are the conduit between hydrocarbon reservoirs and surface facilities. They are a fundamental part of any hydrocarbon field development project. The have to be designed for safely maximising the hydrocarbon recovery from the well and may have to last for many years under ever changing conditions. Issues include: connection with the reservoir rock, avoiding sand production, selecting the correct interval, pumps and other forms of artificial lift, safety and integrity, equipment selection and installation and future well interventions. - Course book based on course well completion design by TRACS International - Unique in its field: Coverage of offshore, subsea, and landbased completions in all of the major hydrocarbon basins of the world - Full colour

Download or read book Development of a High Pressure Abrasive Waterjet for Cutting Operations written by Mashhour Abudaka and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oil and Gas Production Handbook An Introduction to Oil and Gas Production written by Havard Devold and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Science and Engineering of Cutting written by Tony Atkins and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The materials mechanics of the controlled separation of a body into two or more parts – cutting – using a blade or tool or other mechanical implement is a ubiquitous process in most engineering disciplines. This is the only book available devoted to the cutting of materials generally, the mechanics of which (toughness, fracture, deformation, plasticity, tearing, grating, chewing, etc.) have wide ranging implications for engineers, medics, manufacturers, and process engineers, making this text of particular interest to a wide range of engineers and specialists. - The only book to explain and unify the process and techniques of cutting in metals AND non-metals. The emphasis on biomaterials, plastics and non-metals will be of considerable interest to many, while the transfer of knowledge from non-metals fields offers important benefits to metal cutters - Comprehensive, written with this well-known author's lightness of touch, the book will attract the attention of many readers in this underserved subject - The clarity of the text is further enhanced by detailed examples and case studies, from the grating of cheese on an industrial scale to the design of scalpels