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In this new second edition, author Leonard Kalfayan has updated his 2001 book on acid stimulation, one of the primary methods for improving. productivity of oil, gas, injection, and disposal wells. A properly designed and executed acid job can improve cash flow. Kalfayan offers practical guidelines for acid treatment design by stressing a systematic approach to candidate selection, treatment design, as well as execution and evaluation for improvement in profits and productivity. The new edition includes discussions of modern acid systems and treatment methods with worldwide applications for both carbonate and sandstone formations; new concepts for simplifying and proliferating sandstone acid application; the latest in carbonate matrix and fracture acidizing; more on non-conventional acidizing concepts and acid systems; and more on geothermal well stimulation. As with his original book, readers can find practical, useful acidizing information and gain greater understanding and appreciate of its benefits.
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Preliminaries
A brief history of acidizing
Acid treatment categories
Formation damage
Part II. Sandstone acidizing
Purposes of sandstone acidizing
Why sandstone acid jobs fail
Six steps to successful sandstone acidizing
Unconventional sandstone and geothermal well acidizing procedures
Sandstone acidizing in horizontal wells
Part III. Carbonate acidizing
Purposes of carbonate acidizing
Comments on the chemistry and the physics of carbonate acidizing
Carbonate matrix acidizing: systems and procedures
Carbonate fracture acidizing: systems and procedures
Carbonate acidizing in horizontal wells
Part IV. Specialized remedial treatments
Inorganic scale removal
Organic deposit removal
Part V. Quality control practices
Acid treatment quality control
Safety
Appendix A: Conventional Sandstone Acidizing Procedures
Appendix B: Conventional Carbonate Matrix Acidizing Procedures
Appendix C: Conventional Carbonate Fracture Acidizing Procedures
Appendix D: Surfactants
270 Pages/Hardcover/6x9/March 2008
ISBN10 1-59370-139-X
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