Graduate Catalog

PEEG 623 Well Stimulation

The course covers in-situ stresses, effects of stress gradient, theory of hydraulic fracturing, mathematical models of fracture geometry, design and execution of hydraulic fracture treatment with proppant in vertical and horizontal wells, post-fracture productivity analysis, causes of formation damage, theory of matrix acidizing, treatment design of matrix acidizing (sandstone and carbonates), and models of acid fracturing in carbonates and its treatment design.

Credits

3

Offered

Spring