PGE-486: Well Stimulation and Sand Production Management

Topics  and Description:
1- Well stimulation by hydraulic fracturing
 Mechanics of fracturing,  Fracturing fluids and additives. Fracturing job design, Propping the fracture.
 2- Matrix Acidizing
Acid types and reactions, Carbonates and Sandstones acidizing techniques.
 3- Acid Fracturing 
4- Sand production
Causes of sand production and methods of control. Gravel pack design criteria. Nodal analysis applied to gravel packed wells.
5- Production of horizontal wells
Horizontal wells from reservoir point of view. History of horizontal wells. Applications of horizontal wells. Costs of horizontal wells. Horizontal well completion types. Reservoir engineering concepts of horizontal wells. Fractured Vertical Versus Horizontal Well.
6- Water shut-off techniques
Definitions. Problems with water production. Causes of water production. Good and bad water production. Diagnosis of water (prevention better than remedy). Difference between coning and channeling. Water control techniques, water shut-off techniques. Horizontal well problems with water production. Critical rates to avoid water production in vertical and horizontal wells