Reservoir stimulation, economides and nolte, 3rd ed. Translated from fizikotekhnicheskie problemy razrabotki poleznyhk iskopaemykh, no. The topics that will be addressed here include quantification of reservoir parameters from. Calculation of oil reservoir productivity with horizontal. Reservoir stimulation economides free ebook download as pdf file. Chemical stimulation operations for reservoir development. Reservoir stimulation sets forth a rationalization of stimulation using. The ball sealers are drawn to and seat against perforations accepting the most.
Mar 24, 1989 this third edition continues to provides a comprehensive study of reservoir stimulation from an allencompassing engineering standpoint but has been completely rewritten to reflect the changing technologies in the industry. Nolte schlumberger technology corporation, usa more than years ago, the first edition of reservoir stimulation was published. Constantrate development of a hydraulic crack springerlink. The main purpose of stimulation is to enhance the property value by the faster delivery of the petroleum. After the treatment, the ball sealers fall away, are mechanically dislodged or dissolve above.
The stimulation is achieved by injecting a large quantity of fluid. Petroleum industry press hydrocarbon reservoirs yield new technologies introduced fracturing. It continues to provide an overview of reservoir stimulation from an allencompassing engineering standpoint. Product details book reservoir stimulation3rd edition. To improve stimulation in the high permeability reservoir, a proppant having a permeability substantially greater than that of the ottawa sand. For this case, the stimulation ratio would have been slightly greater than 2 as compared to 11. Oil field resources reservoir stimulation, 3 rd edition june 2000 economides, nolte, others sponsored by schlumberger modern fracturing enhancing natural gas production jan 2008 hlidek, economides, martin, others sponsored by bj baker online crains petrophysical handbook, 4. Download and read free online reservoir stimulation, 3rd edition from wiley. Economides introduction the use of acid to stimulate or otherwise improve oil production from carbonate reservoirs was first theorized in 1895 by herman frasch, chief chemist in standard oil companys solar refinery in lima, ohio. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Pdf reservoir stimulation economides francisco paz.
Pete course course name prerequiste book required semester. This method to enhance the well performance is widely used in oil and gas wells economides and nolte, 2000. Comparison of oil well inflow performance relationship ipr curves before and after stimulation economides and nolte, 2000 26 figure 20. Reservoir stimulation technologies are standard in the hydrocarbon industry to overcome formation impairments for more than four decades economides and nolte 2000. Chemical diverting agents incorporated in stimulation. In this context, we have numerically determined the conditions needed to maximize the permeability increase for a given amount of reactant. Chapter stimulation of carbonate reservoirs sciencedirect. Reservoir stimulation 3rd edition ebook download as pdf file. The most common perforating method employs guns equipped with explosive shaped charges.
Most reservoirs contain water, and most oil reservoirs can be waterflooded successfully. It sets forth a rationalisation of stimulation using reservoir engineering concepts, and addresses such topics as formation characterisation. Several text books will be used, including, but not limited to. Major stimulation techniques are hydraulic stimulation gelproppant fracturing, hybrid fracturing and water fracturing, matrix acidizing, acid stimulation, and thermal stimulation economides and nolte, 2000.
Nolte jun 9, 2000 petroleum production systems, economides, michael j. Mechanical and hydraulic aspects of rockproppant systems. Calcagno and sliaupa, 2008 the technologies are adopted to enlarge the access to the heat in. In this paper, we focus on the simulation of conventional gelproppant treatments. Formation damage, which refers to a loss in reservoir productivity, is also examined comprehensively. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Planning for the third edition began in october 1994 in response to. The definition of what comprises a watersensitive reservoir and what causes the damage is not always clear. Such plots are a tremendous help in analyzing onsite acidizing performance and in followup well analysis.
This paper addresses the twin questions of whether stimulation technology can be successfully applied. The argonauts, the patron saint of acid fracturing phineus had warned the argonauts of the terrifying rocks, called symplegades when a ship attempted to pass between them, they. Fracture geometry of 2d, p3d and mlf models economides and nolte, 2000. More than 70% of the gas wells and 50% of the oil wells in north america are stimulated using hydraulic fracturing e. Reservoir stimulation 3rd edition free ebook download as pdf file. This stimulation is also on occasion termed well stimulation, but is perhaps more precisely called reservoir stimulation economides et al.
Chemical stimulation consists of acid injection into the formation at a pressure below the fracturing pressure to remove nearwellbore permeability damage and material deposited in fractures through dissolution process. This technique has made production from unconventional shale reservoirs economically. To improve stimulation in the high permeability reservoir, a proppant having a permeability substantially greater than that of the ottawa sand in the previous example would need to be used. Nolte more than years ago, the first edition of reservoir stimulation was published. From the back cover reservoir stimulation third edition michael j. Mcleod and coulter presented the first example of injection pressure buildup analysis before and after acidizing cleanup in figs. Mining institute, siberian branch of the russian academy of sciences, novosibirsk. More information is also available in the excellent text on stimulation by economides and nolte. The purpose of this study is to analyze production performance of well stimulation by acidizing and acid fracturing of northeastern gas reservoir using developed computer program to increase the permeability and improve in flow performance.
Integrated reservoir modeling for enhanced geothermal energy. Perforations are holes created in the casing after it has been cemented in place. The results regarding the fracture propagation were compared with those in the semianalytical p3d simulator fracpro. Stimulating naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs.
This reservoir was treated hydraulically by a massive fracturing. Xiuli wang, michael economides, in advanced natural gas engineering, 2009. The second edition followed in 1989 and contained substantial additions, updates and two new chapters. In this paper, the fdmprogram flac3d is used for the 3d simulation of fracture propagation on a field scale model, based on field data of a rotliegend tight gas reservoir in north germany.
Oil field resources reservoir stimulation, 3 rd edition june 2000 economides, nolte, others sponsored by schlumberger modern fracturing enhancing natural gas production jan 2008 hlidek, economides, martin, others sponsored by bj baker on. Hydraulic fracturing can also be applied in the in situ. Pdf acid stimulation of carbonate reservoir in northeastern. Pipelines and rise elsevier ocean engineering series. Reservoir stimulation sets forth a rationalization of stimulation using reservoir engineering concepts, and addresses topics such as formation characterization, hydraulic fracturing and matrix acidizing. Technically, to the high temperature environment of naturally fractured geothermal wells.
However throughout the remainder of this report, the focus will be on stimulation technologies whose purpose is to increase reservoir permeability, and these technologies will be referred to by the term. Reservoir justification of stimulation treatments 101. Book reservoir stimulation3rd edition tsl2714 the book reflects the changing technologies in the industry and contains 20 chapters written by 44 authors. Chemical stimulation operations for reservoir development of. Pete 7241 applied reservoir geomechanics spring 2014 main instructor arash dahi.
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