Wan Advanced Well Completion Engineering

3. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-12-385869-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 736 Seiten

Once a natural gas or oil well is drilled, and it has been verified that commercially viable, it must be 'completed' to allow for the flow of petroleum or natural gas out of the formation and up to the surface. This process includes: casing, pressure and temperature evaluation, and the proper instillation of equipment to ensure an efficient flow out of the well. In recent years, these processes have been greatly enhanced by new technologies. Advanced Well Completion Engineering summarizes and explains these advances while providing expert advice for deploying these new breakthrough engineering systems. The book has two themes: one, the idea of preventing damage, and preventing formation from drilling into an oil formation to putting the well introduction stage; and two, the utilization of nodal system analysis method, which optimizes the pressure distribution from reservoir to well head, and plays the sensitivity analysis to design the tubing diameters first and then the production casing size, so as to achieve whole system optimization. With this book, drilling and production engineers should be able to improve operational efficiency by applying the latest state of the art technology in all facets of well completion during development drilling-completion and work over operations. - One of the only books devoted to the key technologies for all major aspects of advanced well completion activities. - Unique coverage of all aspects of well completion activities based on 25 years in the exploration, production and completion industry. - Matchless in-depth technical advice for achieving operational excellence with advance solutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wan, Renpu

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Advanced Well Completion Engineering;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Contents;6
5;Foreword;10
6;Preface to the third edition;12
7;Author the author;14
8;Introdution;16
9;Chapter 1: Basis of Well Completion Engineering;22
9.1;1.1. Grounds of reservoir geology and reservoir engineering;24
9.2;1.2. Core analysis techniques;34
9.3;1.3. Reservoir sensitivity to fluid and working fluid damage evaluation;43
9.4;1.4. Reservoir stress sensitivity analysis;62
9.5;1.5. In situ stress and mechanical parameters of rock;75
9.6;1.6. Technological grounds of petroleum production engineering;88
9.7;References;93
10;Chapter 2: Well Completion Mode Selection;96
10.1;2.1. Vertical, slant, and directional well completion;97
11;Chapter 3: Selection and Determination of Tubing and Production Casing Sizes;138
11.1;3.1. Overview;139
11.2;3.2. Overview of nodal analysis;140
11.3;3.3. Selection and determination of tubing and production casing sizes for flowing wells;142
11.4;3.4. Selection and determination of tubing and production casing sizes for gas wells;151
11.5;3.5. Selection and determination of tubing and production casing sizes for artificial lift wells;157
11.6;3.6. Effects of stimulation on tubing and production casing size selection;177
11.7;3.7. Selection and determination of tubing and production casing sizes for heavy oil and high pour-point oil production wells;182
11.8;References;191
12;Chapter 4: Completion and Perforating Fluids;192
12.1;4.1. Functions of Drilling and Completion Fluid and Basic Requirements;193
12.2;4.2. Drilling and Completion Fluid Systems and Application;196
12.3;4.3. Shield-Type Temporary Plugging Technique;206
12.4;4.4. Drilling and Completion Fluid for a Complicated Reservoir;224
12.5;4.5. Perforating Fluid;231
12.6;References;241
13;Chapter 5: Production Casing and Cementing;242
13.1;5.1 Basic Requirements for Production Casing Design and Integrity Management of Production Casing;244
13.2;5.2 Hole Structure and Types of Casing;252
13.3;5.3 Strength of Casing and Strength Design of Casing String;263
13.4;5.4 Cementing;277
13.5;5.5 Production Casing and Cementing for Complex Type Wells;293
13.6;References;314
14;Chapter 6: Perforating;316
14.1;6.1. Perforating Technology;318
14.2;6.2. Perforated Well Productivity Influencing Rule Analysis;336
14.3;6.3. Perforating Differential Pressure Design;358
14.4;6.4. Optimizing the Perforation Design;367
14.5;References;383
15;Chapter 7: Well Completion Formation Damage Evaluation;385
15.1;7.1. Overview;386
15.2;7.2. Principle of Formation Damage Evaluation by Well Testing;390
15.3;7.3. Formation Damage Diagnosis of Homogeneous Reservoir by Graphic Characteristics;394
15.4;7.4. Graphic Characteristics of a Dual Porosity Reservoir and a Reservoir with a Hydraulically Created Fracture;404
15.5;7.5. Distinguishing Effectiveness of Stimulation by Graphic Characteristics;418
15.6;7.6. Quantitative Interpretation of Degree of Formation Damage;424
15.7;7.7. Well Logging Evaluation of Formation Damage Depth;434
15.8;References;437
16;Chapter 8: Measures for Putting a Well into Production;438
16.1;8.1. Preparations before Putting a Well into Production;439
16.2;8.2. Main Measures for Putting the Well into Production;444
16.3;8.3. Physical and Chemical Blocking Removal;446
16.4;8.4. Hydraulic Fracturing for Putting a Well into Production;466
16.5;8.5. Acidizing for Putting a Well into Production;491
16.6;8.6. High-Energy Gas Fracturing for Putting a Well into Production;516
16.7;8.7. Flowing Back;533
16.8;References;543
17;Chapter 9: Well Completion Tubing String;545
17.1;9.1. Oil Well Completion Tubing String;546
17.2;9.2. Gas Well Completion Tubing String;558
17.3;9.3. Separate-Layer Water Injection String;565
17.4;9.4. Heavy Oil Production Tubing String;568
17.5;9.5. Completion Tubing String Safety System;574
17.6;9.6. Tubing String Mechanics;583
17.7;References;592
18;Chapter 10: Wellhead Assembly;593
18.1;10.1. Oil-Well Christmas Tree and Tubinghead;595
18.2;10.2. Gas-Well Christmas Tree and Tubinghead;608
18.3;10.3. Water Injection and Thermal Production Wellhead Assembly;617
18.4;10.4. Common Components of a Wellhead Assembly;622
18.5;References;637
19;Chapter 11: Oil and Gas Well Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention;638
19.1;11.1. Related Calculation of Oil and Gas Well Corrosion;640
19.2;11.2. Oil and Gas Well Corrosion Mechanisms and Classification;645
19.3;11.3. Material Selection for Corrosive Environment of Oil and Gas Wells;661
19.4;11.4. Oil and Gas Well Corrosion Prevention Design;676
19.5;11.5. Tubing and Casing Corrosion Prevention for Sour Gas Reservoirs;693
19.6;References;721
20;Index;722