Foreword |
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Preface |
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About the Authors |
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Chapter 1 The Role of Petroleum Production Engineering |
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1 | (18) |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Components of the Petroleum Production System |
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2 | (9) |
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1.2.1 Volume and Phase of Reservoir Hydrocarbons |
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2 | (6) |
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8 | (1) |
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1.2.3 The Zone near the Well, the Sandface, and the Well Completion |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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1.2.5 The Surface Equipment |
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11 | (1) |
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1.3 Well Productivity and Production Engineering |
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11 | (4) |
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1.3.1 The Objectives of Production Engineering |
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11 | (3) |
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1.3.2 Organization of the Book |
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14 | (1) |
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1.4 Units and Conversions |
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15 | (4) |
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18 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Production from Undersaturated Oil Reservoirs |
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19 | (22) |
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19 | (1) |
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2.2 Steady-State Well Performance |
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19 | (5) |
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2.3 Transient Flow of Undersaturated Oil |
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24 | (2) |
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2.4 Pseudosteady-State Flow |
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26 | (4) |
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2.4.1 Transition to Pseudosteady State from Infinite Acting Behavior |
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29 | (1) |
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2.5 Wells Draining Irregular Patterns |
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30 | (4) |
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2.6 Inflow Performance Relationship |
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34 | (3) |
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2.7 Effects of Water Production, Relative Permeability |
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37 | (2) |
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2.8 Summary of Single-Phase Oil Inflow Performance Relationships |
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39 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Production from Two-Phase Reservoirs |
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41 | (20) |
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41 | (1) |
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3.2 Properties of Saturated Oil |
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42 | (11) |
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3.2.1 General Properties of Saturated Oil |
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42 | (5) |
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3.2.2 Property Correlations for Two-Phase Systems |
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47 | (6) |
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3.3 Two-Phase Flow in a Reservoir |
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53 | (2) |
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3.4 Oil Inflow Performance for a Two-Phase Reservoir |
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55 | (1) |
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3.5 Generalized Vogel Inflow Performance |
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56 | (1) |
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3.6 Fetkovich's Approximation |
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57 | (4) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Production from Natural Gas Reservoirs |
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61 | (34) |
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61 | (5) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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4.2 Correlations and Useful Calculations for Natural Gases |
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66 | (10) |
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4.2.1 Pseudocritical Properties from Gas Gravity |
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66 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Presence of Nonhydrocarbon Gases |
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68 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Gas Compressibility Factor Correction for Nonhydrocarbon Gases |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (3) |
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4.2.5 Gas Formation Volume Factor |
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74 | (1) |
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4.2.6 Gas Isothermal Compressibility |
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75 | (1) |
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4.3 Approximation of Gas Well Deliverability |
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76 | (3) |
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4.4 Gas Well Deliverability for Non-Darcy Flow |
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79 | (5) |
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4.5 Transient Flow of a Gas Well |
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84 | (11) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Production from Horizontal Wells |
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95 | (26) |
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95 | (2) |
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5.2 Steady-State Well Performance |
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97 | (6) |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (3) |
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5.3 Pseudosteady-State Flow |
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103 | (11) |
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5.3.1 The Babu and Odeh Model |
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103 | (6) |
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5.3.2 The Economides et al. Model |
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109 | (5) |
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5.4 Inflow Performance Relationship for Horizontal Gas Wells |
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114 | (1) |
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5.5 Two-Phase Correlations for Horizontal Well Inflow |
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115 | (1) |
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5.6 Multilateral Well Technology |
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116 | (5) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 The Near-Wellbore Condition and Damage Characterization; Skin Effects |
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121 | (46) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (4) |
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6.3 Skin Components for Vertical and Inclined Wells |
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126 | (2) |
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6.4 Skin from Partial Completion and Well Deviation |
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128 | (6) |
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6.5 Horizontal Well Damage Skin Effect |
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134 | (4) |
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6.6 Well Completion Skin Factors |
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138 | (13) |
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6.6.1 Cased, Perforated Completions |
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138 | (8) |
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6.6.2 Slotted or Perforated Liner Completions |
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146 | (2) |
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6.6.3 Gravel Pack Completions |
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148 | (3) |
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6.7 Formation Damage Mechanisms |
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151 | (6) |
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6.7.1 Particle Plugging of Pore Spaces |
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151 | (3) |
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6.7.2 Mechanisms for Fines Migration |
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154 | (1) |
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6.7.3 Chemical Precipitation |
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154 | (1) |
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6.7.4 Fluid Damage: Emulsions, Relative Permeability, and Wettability Changes |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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6.8 Sources of Formation Damage During Well Operations |
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157 | (10) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Wellbore Flow Performance |
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167 | (50) |
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167 | (1) |
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7.2 Single-Phase Flow of an Incompressible, Newtonian Fluid |
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168 | (11) |
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7.2.1 Laminar or Turbulent Flow |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (3) |
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7.2.3 Pressure-Drop Calculations |
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172 | (7) |
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179 | (1) |
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7.3 Single-Phase Flow of a Compressible, Newtonian Fluid |
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179 | (5) |
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7.4 Multiphase Flow in Wells |
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184 | (33) |
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185 | (2) |
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7.4.2 Two-Phase Flow Regimes |
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187 | (4) |
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7.4.3 Two-Phase Pressure Gradient Models |
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191 | (19) |
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7.4.4 Pressure Traverse Calculations |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 Flow in Horizontal Wellbores, Wellheads, and Gathering Systems |
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217 | (44) |
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217 | (1) |
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8.2 Flow in Horizontal Pipes |
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217 | (19) |
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8.2.1 Single-Phase Flow: Liquid |
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217 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Single-Phase Flow: Gas |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (16) |
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8.2.4 Pressure Drop through Pipe Fittings |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (11) |
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8.3.1 Single-Phase Liquid Flow |
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240 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Single-Phase Gas Flow |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (4) |
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8.4 Surface Gathering Systems |
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247 | (3) |
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8.5 Flow in Horizontal Wellbores |
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250 | (11) |
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8.5.1 Importance of Wellbore Pressure Drop |
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250 | (2) |
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8.5.2 Wellbore Pressure Drop for Single-Phase Flow |
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252 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Wellbore Pressure Drop for Two-Phase Flow |
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252 | (4) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Well Deliverability |
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261 | (14) |
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261 | (1) |
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9.2 Combination of Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR) and Vertical Flow Performance (VFP) |
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262 | (6) |
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9.3 IPR and VFP of Two-Phase Reservoirs |
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268 | (2) |
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9.4 IPR and VFP in Gas Reservoirs |
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270 | (5) |
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274 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Forecast of Well Production |
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275 | (24) |
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275 | (1) |
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10.2 Transient Production Rate Forecast |
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275 | (2) |
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10.3 Material Balance for an Undersaturated Reservoir and Production Forecast Under Pseudosteady-State Conditions |
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277 | (4) |
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10.4 The General Material Balance for Oil Reservoirs |
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281 | (5) |
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10.4.1 The Generalized Expression |
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281 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Calculation of Important Reservoir Variables |
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282 | (4) |
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10.5 Production Forecast from a Two-Phase Reservoir: Solution Gas Drive |
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286 | (8) |
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10.6 Gas Material Balance and Forecast of Gas Well Performance |
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294 | (5) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (36) |
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299 | (1) |
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11.2 Well Construction for Gas Lift |
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299 | (4) |
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11.3 Continuous Gas-Lift Design |
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303 | (7) |
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11.3.1 Natural versus Artificial Flowing Gradient |
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303 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Pressure of Injected Gas |
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304 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Point of Gas Injection |
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305 | (4) |
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11.3.4 Power Requirements for Gas Compressors |
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309 | (1) |
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11.4 Unloading Wells with Multiple Gas-Lift Valves |
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310 | (2) |
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11.5 Optimization of Gas-Lift Design |
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312 | (4) |
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11.5.1 Impact of Increase of Gas Injection Rate, Sustaining of Oil Rate with Reservoir Pressure Decline |
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312 | (2) |
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11.5.2 Maximum Production Rate with Gas Lift |
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314 | (2) |
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11.6 Gas-Lift Performance Curve |
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316 | (12) |
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11.7 Gas-Lift Requirements versus Time |
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328 | (7) |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (2) |
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Chapter 12 Pump-Assisted Lift |
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335 | (30) |
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335 | (3) |
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12.2 Positive-Displacement Pumps |
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338 | (16) |
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12.2.1 Sucker Rod Pumping |
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338 | (14) |
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12.2.2 Progressing Cavity Pumps |
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352 | (2) |
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12.3 Dynamic Displacement Pumps |
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354 | (5) |
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12.3.1 Electrical Submersible Pumps |
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354 | (5) |
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12.4 Lifting Liquids in Gas Wells; Plunger Lift |
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359 | (6) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (3) |
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Chapter 13 Well Performance Evaluation |
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365 | (78) |
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365 | (1) |
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13.2 Open-Hole Formation Evaluation |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (19) |
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368 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Cased Hole Formation Evaluation |
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369 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Production Log Evaluation |
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370 | (17) |
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13.4 Transient Well Analysis |
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387 | (56) |
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13.4.1 Rate Transient Analysis |
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387 | (3) |
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13.4.2 Wireline Formation Testing and Formation Fluid Sampling |
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390 | (3) |
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13.4.3 Well Rate and Pressure Transient Analysis |
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393 | (7) |
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13.4.4 Flow Regime Analysis |
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400 | (38) |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (4) |
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Chapter 14 Matrix Acidizing: Acid/Rock Interactions |
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443 | (26) |
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443 | (3) |
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14.2 Acid-Mineral Reaction Stoichiometry |
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446 | (7) |
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14.3 Acid-Mineral Reaction Kinetics |
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453 | (7) |
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14.3.1 Laboratory Measurement of Reaction Kinetics |
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454 | (1) |
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14.3.2 Reactions of HCI and Weak Acids with Carbonates |
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454 | (1) |
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14.3.3 Reaction of HF with Sandstone Minerals |
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455 | (5) |
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14.3.4 Reactions of Fluosilicic Acid with Sandstone Minerals |
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460 | (1) |
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14.4 Acid Transport to the Mineral Surface |
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460 | (1) |
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14.5 Precipitation of Acid Reaction Products |
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461 | (8) |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Sandstone Acidizing Design |
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469 | (50) |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (2) |
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15.3 Acid Volume and Injection Rate |
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472 | (24) |
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15.3.1 Competing Factors Influencing Treatment Design |
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472 | (1) |
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15.3.2 Sandstone Acidizing Models |
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472 | (14) |
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15.3.3 Monitoring the Acidizing Process, the Optimal Rate Schedule |
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486 | (10) |
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15.4 Fluid Placement and Diversion |
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496 | (13) |
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15.4.1 Mechanical Acid Placement |
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496 | (1) |
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497 | (1) |
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15.4.3 Particulate Diverting Agents |
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497 | (11) |
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508 | (1) |
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15.5 Preflush and Postflush Design |
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509 | (3) |
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509 | (2) |
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511 | (1) |
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512 | (1) |
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15.7 Acidizing Treatment Operations |
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512 | (7) |
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513 | (3) |
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516 | (3) |
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Chapter 16 Carbonate Acidizing Design |
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519 | (40) |
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519 | (3) |
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16.2 Wormhole Formation and Growth |
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522 | (3) |
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16.3 Wormhole Propagation Models |
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525 | (10) |
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16.3.1 The Volumetric Model |
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526 | (3) |
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16.3.2 The Buijse-Glasbergen Model |
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529 | (2) |
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16.3.3 The Furui et al. Model |
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531 | (4) |
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16.4 Matrix Acidizing Design for Carbonates |
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535 | (6) |
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16.4.1 Acid Type and Concentration |
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535 | (1) |
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16.4.2 Acid Volume and Injection Rate |
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536 | (2) |
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16.4.3 Monitoring the Acidizing Process |
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538 | (2) |
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16.4.4 Fluid Diversion in Carbonates |
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540 | (1) |
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541 | (13) |
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16.5.1 Acid Penetration in Fractures |
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542 | (3) |
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16.5.2 Acid Fracture Conductivity |
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545 | (7) |
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16.5.3 Productivity of an Acid-Fractured Well |
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552 | (1) |
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16.5.4 Comparison of Propped and Acid Fracture Performance |
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553 | (1) |
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16.6 Acidizing of Horizontal Wells |
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554 | (5) |
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555 | (3) |
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558 | (1) |
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Chapter 17 Hydraulic Fracturing for Well Stimulation |
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559 | (42) |
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559 | (3) |
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17.2 Length, Conductivity, and Equivalent Skin Effect |
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562 | (4) |
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17.3 Optimal Fracture Geometry for Maximizing the Fractured Well Productivity |
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566 | (8) |
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17.3.1 Unified Fracture Design |
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567 | (7) |
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17.4 Fractured Well Behavior in Conventional Low-Permeability Reservoirs |
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574 | (5) |
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17.4.1 Infinite Fracture Conductivity Performance |
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574 | (4) |
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17.4.2 Finite Fracture Conductivity Performance |
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578 | (1) |
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17.5 The Effect of Non-Darcy Flow on Fractured Well Performance |
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579 | (6) |
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17.6 Fractured Well Performance for Unconventional Tight Sand or Shale Reservoirs |
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585 | (7) |
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586 | (1) |
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586 | (6) |
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17.7 Choke Effect for Transverse Hydraulic Fractures |
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592 | (9) |
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594 | (3) |
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597 | (4) |
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Chapter 18 The Design and Execution of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments |
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601 | (60) |
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601 | (1) |
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18.2 The Fracturing of Reservoir Rock |
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602 | (7) |
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602 | (2) |
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18.2.2 Breakdown Pressure |
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604 | (2) |
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18.2.3 Fracture Direction |
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606 | (3) |
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609 | (7) |
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18.3.1 Hydraulic Fracture Width with the PKN Model |
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610 | (3) |
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18.3.2 Fracture Width with a Non-Newtonian Fluid |
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613 | (1) |
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18.3.3 Fracture Width with the KGD Model |
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614 | (1) |
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18.3.4 Fracture Width with the Radial Model |
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615 | (1) |
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18.3.5 Tip Screenout (TSO) Treatments |
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615 | (1) |
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18.3.6 Creating Complex Fracture Geometries |
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615 | (1) |
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18.4 The Created Fracture Geometry and Net Pressure |
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616 | (19) |
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18.4.1 Net Fracturing Pressure |
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616 | (5) |
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621 | (3) |
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18.4.3 Fluid Volume Requirements |
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624 | (5) |
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629 | (2) |
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18.4.5 Propped Fracture Width |
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631 | (4) |
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635 | (7) |
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18.5.1 Rheological Properties |
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636 | (5) |
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18.5.2 Frictional Pressure Drop during Pumping |
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641 | (1) |
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18.6 Proppants and Fracture Conductivity |
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642 | (4) |
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18.6.1 Propped Fracture Conductivity |
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643 | (2) |
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18.6.2 Proppant Transport |
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645 | (1) |
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18.7 Fracture Diagnostics |
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646 | (5) |
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18.7.1 Fracturing Pressure Analysis |
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646 | (1) |
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18.7.2 Fracture Geometry Measurement |
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647 | (4) |
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18.8 Fracturing Horizontal Wells |
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651 | (10) |
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18.8.1 Fracture Orientation in Horizontal Well Fracturing |
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651 | (1) |
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18.8.2 Well Completions for Multiple Fracturing |
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652 | (3) |
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655 | (2) |
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657 | (4) |
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Chapter 19 Sand Management |
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661 | (42) |
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661 | (1) |
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662 | (14) |
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19.2.1 Factors Affecting Formation Sand Production |
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662 | (10) |
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19.2.2 Sand Flow in the Wellbore |
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672 | (4) |
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676 | (1) |
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19.3.1 Sand Production Prevention |
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676 | (1) |
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677 | (1) |
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677 | (21) |
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19.4.1 Gravel Pack Completion |
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678 | (10) |
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19.4.2 Frac-Pack Completion |
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688 | (5) |
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19.4.3 High-Performance Fracturing |
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693 | (1) |
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19.4.4 High-Performance Fractures in Deviated Production Wells |
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694 | (3) |
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19.4.5 Perforating Strategy for High-Performance Fractures |
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697 | (1) |
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19.5 Completion Failure Avoidance |
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698 | (5) |
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699 | (3) |
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702 | (1) |
Appendix A |
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703 | (2) |
Appendix B |
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705 | (4) |
Appendix C |
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709 | (2) |
Index |
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