308075 (v.1) Remedial, Stimulation and Intervention Operations


 

Area:Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits:25.0
Contact Hours:40.0
Lecture:1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly
Tutorial:1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly
Prerequisite(s):308068 (v.1) Drilling Engineering Fundamentals 603
AND
308069 (v.1) Advanced Drilling Practices 604
Syllabus:Production logging, well diagnosis, sand exclusion and sand management, matrix acidising and acid fracturing, hydraulic fracturing, other chemical treatments, coiled tubing, snubbing, workover planning, intervention operations, intervention well control,workover economics and risk.
 
Unit Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students will have the ability to stimulate production through workovers, acidisation and fracturing.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References: Smith, D.K.,(1993), Well Plunging and Abandonment, PenWell Publishing Company. Kalyayan, L., (2000), Production Enhancement with Acid Stimulation, PenWell Corporation. Recent Advances in Hydraulic Fracturing, (2001) Vol 12, SPE, Monograph.
Unit Texts: Course Notes.
 
Unit Assessment Breakdown: Final Exam 70%, Tutorials/Projects 30%. This is a Grade/Mark assessment.

 

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