Abrasive Water Jet Perforation and Multi-Stage Fracturing

A critical guide to multi-stage fracturing with abrasive water jets to exploit and develop unconventional oil and gas resources

Zhongwei Huang (Author), Gensheng Li (Author), Shouceng Tian (Author), Xianzhi Song (Author), Mao Sheng (Author), Subhash Shah (Author)

9780128128077

Paperback / softback, published 19 October 2017

398 pages, 175 illustrations (175 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.45 kg

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.

1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ)
3. Abrasive Water Jet Perforation
4. Influence of AWJ Perforation on Casing Strength
5. Hydraulic Isolation of Multi-Stage AWJ Fracturing
6. Fracture Initiation of AWJ Fracturing
7. Production Analysis of Multi-Stage AWJ Fracturing
8. Wellbore Flow Behavior and Friction Pressure
9. Multi-Stage AWJ Fracturing Design
10. Multi-Stage AWJ Fracturing Assembly
11. Field Application of Multi-Stage AWJ Fracturing

Subject Areas: Petroleum technology [THFP], Gas technology [THFG]