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1.5.1 General Information |
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1.5.2 Safety Bulletin from CGA (Compressed Gas Association) |
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1.5.3 Oxygen-deficient Atmospheres |
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1.5.4 Safety for Handling and Exposure |
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1.6 N2 Service Applications |
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12 | (3) |
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1.6.2 Nitrified Fluids-Acidisation |
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1.6.4.3 Production of Fines |
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1.6.4.4 Foamed Acid Guidelines |
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1.6.5 Aerating Conventional Fluids |
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1.6.7 Use of Foam as a Drilling and Workover Fluid |
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1.7.2 Foam Stability and Viscosity |
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1.8 Water Control Technique by N2 Injection |
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1.8.4 Commercial Viability |
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1.8.6 Versatility and Adaptability |
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1.8.8 Freeding Differentially Stuck Drill Pipe |
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1.12 Specification of N2 Pumpers Available with WSS COLD END |
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2.1 Introduction to Water Production |
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2.1.1 Methods to Predict, Prevent, Delay and Reduce Excessive Water Production |
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2.1.1.1 Oil and Water production rates and ratios |
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2.1.1.1.1 Material Mass Balance |
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2.1.1.1.3 Productivity index |
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2.1.1.2 Rate-limited facilities |
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2.1.1.3 Water production effect on bypassed oil |
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2.1.1.4 Reservoir maturity |
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2.1.1.5 Water production rate effect on corrosion rates |
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2.1.1.6 Water production rate effect on scale deposition rates |
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2.1.1.7 Water production rate effect on sand production |
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2.2 Water Production Mechanisms |
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2.2.1 Completions-Related Mechanisms |
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2.2.1.2 Channel behind casing |
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2.2.1.3 Completion into Water |
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2.2.2 Reservoir-Related Mechanisms |
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2.2.2.2 Barrier breakdown |
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2.2.2.3 Coning and cresting |
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2.2.2.4 Channeling through high permeability |
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2.2.2.5 Fracture communication between injector and producer |
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2.2.2.6 Stimulation out of zone |
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2.3 Preventing Excessive Water Production |
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2.3.1 Preventing Casing Leaks |
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2.3.2 Preventing Channels Behind Casing |
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2.3.3 Preventing Coning and Cresting |
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2.3.6 Artificial Barriers |
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2.3.8 Horizontal Wells to Prevent Coning |
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2.3.9 Preventing Channeling Through High Permeability |
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2.3.9.2 Stimulation techniques |
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2.3.9.3 Permeability reduction |
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2.3.9.4 Preventing fracture communication between injector and producer |
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2.3.9.5 Completing to accommodate future water production rates future zonal isolation |
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2.4 Creative Water Management |
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2.5 Treatments Used to Reduce Excessive Water Production |
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2.5.1 Characterizing the Problem |
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2.5.3 Expected Treatment Effect on Water Production |
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2.5.4.2 Permeability-Reducing Agents (PRA) |
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2.5.4.3 Relative Permeability Modifiers (RPM) |
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2.5.5 Description of Previously Applied Treatments |
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2.5.5.3 Water-based cement |
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2.5.5.4 Hydrocarbon-based cements |
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2.5.5.5 Externally activated silicates |
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2.5.5.6 Internally Activated Silicates (IAS) |
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2.5.5.8 Crosslinked polymer systems |
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2.5.5.9 Surface-active RPMs |
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2.6 Selecting Treatment Composition and Volume |
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2.6.1 Placement Techniques |
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2.6.1.2 Mechanical packer placement |
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2.6.2 Viscosity Considerations |
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2.6.3 Temperature Considerations |
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3.1 Sand Control Introduction |
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3.1.3 Sand Production Mechanisms |
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3.2.1 Petro Physical Properties |
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3.2.2 Geological Deposition of Sand |
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3.2.2.1 Desert aeolian sands |
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3.2.2.2 Marine shelf sand |
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3.2.2.3 Beaches, barriers and bar |
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3.2.2.4 Tidal flat and estuarine sands |
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3.2.3 Formation Sand Description |
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3.2.3.2 Partially consolidated sand |
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3.3 Causes and Effects of Sand Production |
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3.3.1 Causes of Sand Production |
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3.3.1.1 Totally unconsolidated formation |
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3.3.1.2 High production rates |
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3.3.1.3 Water productions |
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3.3.1.4 Increase in water production |
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3.3.1.5 Reservoir depletion |
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3.3.2 Effects of Sand Production |
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3.4 Detection and Prediction of Sand Production |
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3.4.1 Methods for Monitoring and Detection of Sand Production |
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3.4.1.1 Wellhead shakeouts |
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3.4.1.2 Safety plugs and erosion sand probes |
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3.4.1.3 Sonic sand detection |
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3.5 Methods for Sand Exclusion |
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3.5.1 Production Restriction |
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3.5.3 In-Situ Chemical Consolidation Methods |
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3.5.4 Combination Methods |
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3.5.5 Selecting the Appropriate Sand Exclusion Method |
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3.6 Mechanical Methods of Sand Exclusions |
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3.6.1 Mechanical Components |
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3.6.1.2 Liners and screens |
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3.6.2 Tools and Accessories |
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3.6.3.1 Gravel-pack Packer |
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3.6.3.3 Mechanical fluid-loss device |
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3.6.4.1 Crossover service tool |
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3.6.4.2 Reverse-ball check-valve |
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3.7 Mechanical Method: Techniques and Procedures |
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3.7.4 Reverse-circulation Pack |
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3.7.5 Bullhead Pressure Packs |
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3.7.6 Circulating-pressure Packs |
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3.7.8 Staged Prepacks and Acid Prepacks |
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3.7.9 Water-packs and High-rate Water-packs |
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3.7.12 Mechanical Job Designs |
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3.7.12.1 Formation characteristics |
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3.7.12.2 Pack-sand selection criteria |
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3.7.12.3 Screen selection criteria |
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3.7.12.4 Gravel-pack job calculations |
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3.7.12.4.1 Pack-sand volume required |
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3.7.12.4.2 Carrier-fluid Volume |
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3.7.12.5 Predicting job outcome by computer modeling |
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3.8 Chemical Consolidation Techniques |
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3.8.1 Internally Activated Systems |
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3.8.2 Externally Activated Systems |
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3.9.1 Semicured Resin-coated Pack Gravels |
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3.9.2 Liquid Resin-coated Pack Gravel |
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3.10 Horizontal Gravel-Packing |
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3.10.1 Variables that Affect Sand Delivery |
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3.10.2 Pump Rate and Fluid Velocity |
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3.10.3 Alpha and Beta Wave Progression Through the Annulus |
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3.10.4 Sand Concentration |
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3.10.5 Placement Procedure and Tool Configuration |
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3.10.6 Liner/Tailpipe Ratio |
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3.10.7 Screen/Casing Clearance |
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3.10.8 Perforation Phasing |
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Index |
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About the Author |
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