Fracturing Horizontal Wells
by: Mohamed Y. Soliman, Ph.D., P.E., NAI, Ron Dusterhoft
Abstract: Effectively apply modern fracturing methods in horizontal wells. Improve productivity and maximize natural gas extraction using the practical information contained in this comprehensive guide. Written by world-renowned experts, Fracturing Horizontal Wells features complete details on the latest fracking tools and technologies. Illustrations, tables, and real-world examples are found throughout. Discover how to handle site selection and testing, build accurate simulations, and efficiently extract energy from horizontal sources, including shale formations. Environmental standards, regulatory compliance, and safety protocols are also included. Fracturing Horizontal Wells covers: • Fracture Stimulation of Horizontal Wells • Transitioning from Vertical to Horizontal Wellbores • Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells • Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Fractured Horizontal Wells • Fracturing Horizontal Wells: Rock Mechanics Overview • Drilling of Horizontal Wells • Proppant and Proppant Transport • Fracture Diagnostic Testing • Interval Isolation • Horizontal Completion Fracturing Methods and Techniques • Use of Well Logging Measurements and Analysis for Fracturing Design • Fracture Treatment Diagnostics • Environmental Stewardship
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- A. ABOUT THE EDITORS
- B. CONTRIBUTORS
- C. FOREWORD
- D. PREFACE
- 1. FRACTURE STIMULATION OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- 2. TRANSITIONING FROM VERTICAL TO HORIZONTAL WELLBORES
- 3. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- 4. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS
- 5. FRACTURING HORIZONTAL WELLS: ROCK MECHANICS OVERVIEW
- 6. DRILLING OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- 7. PROPPANT AND PROPPANT TRANSPORT
- 8. FRACTURE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- 9. INTERVAL ISOLATION
- 10. HORIZONTAL COMPLETION FRACTURING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
- 11. USE OF WELL LOGGING MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS FOR FRACTURING DESIGN
- 12. FRACTURE TREATMENT DIAGNOSTICS
- 13. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
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- A. ABOUT THE EDITORS
- B. CONTRIBUTORS
- C. FOREWORD
- D. PREFACE
- 1. FRACTURE STIMULATION OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- 2. TRANSITIONING FROM VERTICAL TO HORIZONTAL WELLBORES
- 3. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- INTRODUCTION
- HORIZONTAL WELL DEFINITIONS
- WHY SHOULD WE DRILL HORIZONTAL WELLS?
- WELL CANDIDATES
- FLOW REGIMES IN HORIZONTAL WELLS
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR HORIZONTAL WELL PERFORMANCE
- STEADY-STATE DEVELOPMENT FOR OIL WELLS
- EFFECT OF VARIOUS PARAMETERS ON HORIZONTAL WELL PRODUCTIVITY
- FORMATION DAMAGE: EFFECTS AND DISTRIBUTION AROUND A HORIZONTAL WELLBORE
- PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF HORIZONTAL WELL VERSUS FRACTURED VERTICAL WELL
- REVIEW OF SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- STEAMFLOODING
- NOMENCLATURE
- REFERENCES
- 4. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- INTRODUCTION
- FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS
- TRANSVERSE FRACTURES
- PRODUCTIVITY COMPARISON
- EFFECT OF NUMBER OF FRACTURES
- OPENHOLE VERSUS CASED HOLE COMPLETIONS
- EFFECTS OF OVERFLUSHING
- PERFORMANCE OF LONGITUDINAL FRACTURES
- FLUID FLOW IN FRACTURED SHALE FORMATION
- EFFECT OF RESERVOIR COMPLEXITY
- OVERALL OPTIMIZATION OF NUMBER OF TRANSVERSE FRACTURES IN SHALE
- FIELD CASES AND MATCHING PRODUCTION
- NOMENCLATURE
- REFERENCES
- 5. FRACTURING HORIZONTAL WELLS: ROCK MECHANICS OVERVIEW
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- INTRODUCTION
- CALCULATION OF UNDERGROUND STRESS AND DEFORMATION
- STRESS DISTRIBUTION AROUND A VERTICAL WELL
- STRESS DISTRIBUTION AROUND A DEVIATED WELL
- STRESS DISTRIBUTION AROUND A HORIZONTAL WELL
- THE MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION
- HORIZONTAL WELLBORE STABILITY
- WELLBORE STABILITY ANALYSIS FOR A DEVIATED WELL
- PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR WELLBORE STABILITY
- BOREHOLE BREAKOUT ANALYSIS
- FRACTURING FAILURE CRITERIA FOR TRANSVERSE FRACTURES
- FRACTURING A VERTICAL WELL
- FRACTURING A DEVIATED WELL
- FRACTURING A HORIZONTAL WELL
- CREATION OF TRANSVERSE FRACTURES
- PERFORATED INTERVAL FOR CREATION OF TRANSVERSE FRACTURES
- CREATION OF LONGITUDINAL FRACTURES
- REORIENTATION OF FRACTURES AND REORIENTATION RADIUS
- MULTIPLE FRACTURES AT AND AWAY FROM THE WELLBORE
- T-SHAPED FRACTURE
- CREATION OF TRANSVERSE FRACTURING IN AN OPENHOLE
- EFFECT OF PACKERS ON CREATING TRANSVERSE FRACTURES
- STRESS INTERFERENCE
- STRESS INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE PRESENCE OF (A) SEMI-INFINITE FRACTURE(S)
- STRESS INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE PRESENCE OF A PENNY-SHAPED FRACTURE
- STRESS INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE PRESENCE OF AN ELLIPTICAL FRACTURE
- INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE FRACTURES IN A HORIZONTAL WELL
- EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPLETION OF HORIZONTAL WELLS ON STRESS INTERFERENCE
- STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN A GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
- FIELD EXAMPLE
- TRANSVERSE VERSUS LONGITUDINAL FRACTURES
- MULTIPLE FRACTURING IN SHALE FORMATIONS
- ALTERNATING FRACTURES STRESS-DIVERSION METHOD
- MODIFIED ZIPPER-FRAC
- NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PLACEMENT IN HORIZONTAL WELLBORE
- COUPLING IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROBLEMS
- EFFECTS OF FRACTURE HEIGHT
- FRACTURE PLACEMENT IN HORIZONTAL WELLBORES
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- 6. DRILLING OF HORIZONTAL WELLS
- 7. PROPPANT AND PROPPANT TRANSPORT
- 8. FRACTURE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- INTRODUCTION
- STEP-RATE TESTING
- DETERMINING NWB FRICTION FROM STEP-DOWN-RATE TESTING
- PUMP-IN/FLOWBACK TESTING
- PUMP-IN/SHUT-IN TESTING
- MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONVENTIONAL ANALYSIS
- USE OF G-FUNCTION DURING THE ANALYSIS OF PUMP-IN/SHUT-IN TESTING
- DETERMINATION OF FORMATION PERMEABILITY USING PRECLOSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS
- UPDATES TO VALKÓ AND ECONOMIDES MODEL
- FIELD EXAMPLES: PRECLOSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS
- AFTER-CLOSURE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE PERMEABILITY AND RESERVOIR PRESSURE
- FIELD EXAMPLES
- APPLICATION IN A FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELL
- APPLICATION TO UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS
- NOMENCLATURE
- REFERENCES
- 9. INTERVAL ISOLATION
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- INTRODUCTION
- PRIMARY CEMENTING IN WELLS WITH HORIZONTAL AND DEVIATED HOLES
- IMPROVED LINER CEMENTING AND MECHANICAL ISOLATION
- UNIVERSAL CEMENT SYSTEM
- ANNULAR PRESSURE BUILDUP AND SUSTAINED CASING PRESSURE
- OTHER ISOLATION TECHNIQUES USED FOR STIMULATION PROCESSES
- CEMENT JOB EVALUATION
- REMEDIAL CEMENTING
- SQUEEZE CEMENTING
- CEMENT SLURRY
- PLACEMENT METHODS
- ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
- BOTTOMHOLE KICKOFF ASSEMBLY
- BRIDGE PLUG
- EASILY DRILLED BRIDGE PLUG AND SQUEEZE PACKER
- REFERENCES
- 10. HORIZONTAL COMPLETION FRACTURING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
- 11. USE OF WELL LOGGING MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS FOR FRACTURING DESIGN
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- WELL LOGGING IN UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS
- FORMATION ELASTIC PROPERTIES FROM WELL LOGS
- LOGGING TOOLS REQUIRED
- EFFECTS OF ANISOTROPY
- USE OF IMAGE LOGS FOR STRESS FIELD ORIENTATION
- BRITTLENESS INDEX FROM FORMATION ELASTIC CONSTANTS
- UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION BY MINERALOGY
- NEW FRACTURABILITY INDICES
- FRACTURABILITY INDEX IS A MINERALOGICAL INDEX: A NEW APPROACH FOR FRACTURING DECISION
- OVERBURDEN STRESS FROM DENSITY LOGGING
- FRACTURE INITIATION PRESSURE
- IDENTIFICATION OF "SWEET SPOTS" WITH LOGGING MEASUREMENTS
- FRACTURE TREATMENT MONITORING
- PRODUCTION LOGGING FOR FRACTURING STAGE PERFORMANCE MONITORING
- REFERENCES
- 12. FRACTURE TREATMENT DIAGNOSTICS
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- OVERVIEW
- MICROSEISMIC MAPPING
- SOURCES OF MICROSEISMICITY
- DETECTING MICROSEISMS
- MICROSEISMIC DATA
- ANALYSIS OF MICROSEISMIC DATA
- SETTING UP A MICROSEISMIC TEST
- MONITORING
- SOURCE ANALYSES
- MULTIWELL MONITORING AND OTHER CONDITIONS
- VALIDATION
- MICROSEISMIC EXAMPLES
- BARNETT TWO-WELL MONITORING OF GEL AND WATERFRAC TREATMENTS
- BARNETT SINGLE-WELL STIMULATION VERSUS "ZIPPER FRAC" STIMULATION
- MARCELLUS TWO-WELL STIMULATION PROGRAM
- CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASIN EXAMPLE
- SURFACE MICROSEISMIC MONITORING
- MICRODEFORMATION (TILTMETER) FRACTURE MONITORING
- WHY SURFACE DEFORMATION OCCURS
- TILTMETERS
- DEPLOYING AN ARRAY OF TILTMETERS
- TILTMETER DATA
- STIMULATED RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS
- DOWNHOLE TILTMETER ARRAYS
- MICRODEFORMATION EXAMPLES
- LOST HILLS DIATOMITE EXAMPLE
- MCLURE SHALE EXAMPLE
- EAGLE FORD INTEGRATED EXAMPLE
- DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING
- DTS SYSTEM
- DTS EXAMPLES
- DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING
- TRACERS
- RADIOACTIVE TRACER APPLICATION
- CHEMICAL OIL TRACER APPLICATION
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- 13. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
- CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
- INTRODUCTION
- WATER ACQUISITION
- FRESHWATER WITHDRAWAL
- ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES
- DRILLING AND WELL COMPLETION
- DRILLING
- WELL CONSTRUCTION
- HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS
- HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ADDITIVES
- TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND CHEMICAL SPILLS
- WELL INJECTION
- EMISSIONS
- EARTHQUAKE CONCERNS RELATED TO THE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESS
- PRODUCED WATER
- TREATMENT OF PRODUCED WATER
- CANDIDATE WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
- REUSE OF PRODUCED WATER IN SUBSEQUENT HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATION
- DISPOSAL
- EARTHQUAKE CONCERNS FROM DISPOSAL WELLS
- TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND SPILLS
- REGULATORY OVERSIGHT
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
Book Details
Title: Fracturing Horizontal Wells
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Athens, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2016 McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9781259585616
Authors:
Mohamed Y. Soliman, Ph.D., P.E., NAI
is the Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Houston. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dr. Soliman was the George P. Livermore Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University. Before that, he worked for Halliburton Energy for more than 30 years in several technical and managerial positions. He is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, licensed as a Professional Engineer by the State of Texas, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Dr. Soliman is also a visiting professor at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 technical papers and holds 27 U.S. patents with more than 10 patents pending.
Ron Dusterhoft
is a Technology Fellow at Halliburton. He has worked in the petroleum industry for 32 years in multiple locations around the world in different engineering positions. His research interests include hydraulic fracture design, modeling, and performance for both unconventional shale assets and deepwater sand control applications. Mr. Dusterhoft has authored or coauthored more than 30 technical papers and holds more than 60 issued patents. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alberta in Canada and is a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Description: Effectively apply modern fracturing methods in horizontal wells. Improve productivity and maximize natural gas extraction using the practical information contained in this comprehensive guide. Written by world-renowned experts, Fracturing Horizontal Wells features complete details on the latest fracking tools and technologies. Illustrations, tables, and real-world examples are found throughout. Discover how to handle site selection and testing, build accurate simulations, and efficiently extract energy from horizontal sources, including shale formations. Environmental standards, regulatory compliance, and safety protocols are also included. Fracturing Horizontal Wells covers: • Fracture Stimulation of Horizontal Wells • Transitioning from Vertical to Horizontal Wellbores • Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells • Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Fractured Horizontal Wells • Fracturing Horizontal Wells: Rock Mechanics Overview • Drilling of Horizontal Wells • Proppant and Proppant Transport • Fracture Diagnostic Testing • Interval Isolation • Horizontal Completion Fracturing Methods and Techniques • Use of Well Logging Measurements and Analysis for Fracturing Design • Fracture Treatment Diagnostics • Environmental Stewardship
