Reservoir Formation Damage

Reservoir Formation Damage, Second edition is a comprehensive treatise of the theory and modeling of common formation damage problems and is an important guide for research and development, laboratory testing for diagnosis and effective treatment, and tailor-fit- design of optimal strategies for mitigation of reservoir formation damage. The new edition includes field case histories and simulated scenarios demonstrating the consequences of formation damage in petroleum reservoirs

Faruk Civan, Ph.D., is an Alumni Chair Professor in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Dr. Civan has received numerous honors and awards, including five distinguished lectureship awards and the 2003 SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty.

• Petroleum engineers and managers get critical material on evaluation, prevention, and remediation of formation damage which can save or cost millions in profits from a mechanistic point of view
• State-of-the-Art knowledge and valuable insights into the nature of processes and operational practices causing formation damage
• Provides new strategies designed to minimize the impact of and avoid formation damage in petroleum reservoirs with the newest drilling, monitoring, and detection techniques

Reservoir Engineers, Petroleum Geologists, Drilling Engineers

Preface

Chapter 1—Overview of Formation Damage

PART I Characterization of Reservoir Rock for Formation Damage— Mineralogy, Texture, Petrographics, Petrophysics, and Instrumental Techniques

Chapter 2— Mineralogy and Mineral Sensitivity of Petroleum–Bearing Formations

Chapter 3— Petrographical Characteristics of Petroleum-Bearing Formations

Chapter 4— Petrophysics–Flow Functions and Parameters

Chapter 5— Porosity and Permeability Relationships of Geological Formations

Chapter 6— Instrumental and Laboratory Techniques for Characterization of Reservoir Rock

PART II Characterization of the Porous Media Processes for Formation Damage—Accountability of Phases and Species, Rock-Fluid-Particle Interactions, and Rate Processes

Chapter 7— Multi-Phase and Multi-Species Transport in Porous Media

Chapter 8—Particulate Processes in Porous Media

Chapter 9—Crystal Growth and Scale Formation in Porous Media

PART III Formation Damage by Particulate Processes

Chapter 10—Single-Phase Formation Damage by Fines Migration and Clay Swelling

Chapter 11— Multi-Phase Formation Damage by Fines Migration

Chapter 12—Cake Filtration: Mechanism, Parameters and Modeling

PART IV Formation Damage by Inorganic and Organic Processes—Chemical Reactions, Saturation Phenomena, Deposition, and Dissolution

Chapter 13—Inorganic Scaling and Geochemical Formation Damage

Chapter 14—Formation Damage by Organic Deposition

PART V Assessment of the Formation Damage Potential—Testing, Simulation, Analysis, and Interpretation

Chapter 15—Laboratory Evaluation of Formation Damage

Chapter 16— Formation Damage Simulator Development

Chapter 17— Model Assisted Analysis and Interpretation of Laboratory and Field Tests

PART VI Formation Damage Models for Fields Applications- Drilling Mud Invasion, Injectivity of Wells, Sanding and Gravel-Pack Damage, and Inorganic and Organic Deposition

Chapter 18— Drilling Mud Filtrate and Solids Invasion and Mudcake Formation

Chapter 19—Injectivity of the Waterflooding Wells

Chapter 20— Reservoir Sand Migration and Gravel-Pack Damage: Stress-Induced Formation Damage, Sanding Tendency, and Prediction

Chapter 21— Near-Wellbore Formation Damage by Inorganic and Organic Precipitates Deposition

PART VII Diagnosis and Mitigation of Formation Damage—Measurement, Assessment, Control, and Remediation

Chapter 22— Field Diagnosis and Measurement of Formation Damage

Chapter 23—Determination of Formation- and Pseudo-Damage from Well Performance- Identification, Characterization, and Evaluation

Chapter 24—Formation Damage Control and Remediation- Fundamentals

Chapter 25—Reservoir Formation Damage Abatement- Guidelines, Methodology, Preventive Maintenance, and Remediation Treatments

Index