Title: Essentials of Hydraulic Fracturing : Vertical and Horizontal Wellbores Author: George E. King, Ralph W. Veatch, Stephen A. Holditch ISBN: 1593703570 / 9781593703578 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 812 Publisher: PennWell Year: 2017 Availability: In Stock
Description
Feature
Contents
Hydraulic fracturing was first developed in the United States during the 1940s and has since spread internationally. A proven technology that is reaching deeper and tighter formations, hydraulic fracturing now delivers hydrocarbons from fields previously considered economically unviable.
Essentials of Hydraulic Fracturing focuses on consolidating the fundamental basics of fracturing technology with advances in extended horizontal wellbores and fracturing applications. It provides the essentials required to understand fracturing behavior and offers advice for applying that knowledge to fracturing treatment design and application. Essentials of Hydraulic Fracturing is a long-awaited text for petroleum engineering students, industry-wide hydraulic fracturing training courses or seminars, and practicing fracturing treatment engineers.
Understanding of fracture propagation geometry and fracture conductivity and how it affects treatment results
A focus on safety and environmental prudence
Economic optimization of fracturing treatments
Fracturing fluid system and propping agent performance
Important considerations in designing the fracture treatment for both vertical and horizontal wellbores
Algorithms and examples pertinent to treatment design and analysis
Pre- and post-fracturing approaches and diagnostics for evaluating treatment performance
Hydraulic fracturing model construction and applicability
Comparative design examples
Construction of spreadsheet calculations key to treatment designs
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Overview : Important Fracture Design Aspects Chapter 3 : Rock Mechanics and Fracture Propagation : Rock Properties-In Situ Stresses, Net Fracturing Pressures, & Fracture Geometry Chapter 4 : Fracturing Fluid Systems Chapter 5 : Fracturing Fluid Loss to The Formation Chapter 6 : Fracturing Fluid System Rheology and Proppant Transport Chapter 7 : Proppants and Fracture Conductivity Chapter 8 : Fracture Propagation Computer Models Chapter 9 : Fracture Treatment Design, Implementation, and Post-Fracture Operations Chapter 10 : Pre-Fracture Treatment : Model Design Examples Chapter 11 : Fracturing Horizontal Wellbores Chapter 12 : Fracturing Diagnostics
Appendix A : Fracture Vertical Height Calculations
Appendix B : A Quasi-Three-Dimensional Rock Mechanics Spreadsheet (Q-3D-RMS) Model
Appendix C : Example Spreadsheet Program For Fracturing Fluid Efficiency and SIPD Type-Curve Fluid-Loss Coefficient Calculations
Appendix D : Bibliography for Chapter 11
Answers to Selected Exercises
Index
About the Authors