The oil industry is still focusing on the optimization of hydrocarbon production with the minimum cost possible in complete HSE respect.

Nowadays a continuous flow of innovative ideas generates worldwide new technological frontiers. As a result, we witness remarkable applications of new well solutions and techniques. In this scenario we would like to give an overview of the possible answers to the technological needs and actions towards Stimulation Treatments and Formation Damage Removal.

The main issues to investigate are:

  • if the mature and worldwide applied techniques of Acidizing and Fracturing are still adequate to the new well geometry scenario

  • if the "novel" technologies are well known and cost effective

  • if innovative ideas on formation stimulation and damage removal are to be better investigated and implemented.

Keywords:
permeability, upstream oil & gas, hydraulic fracturing, frequency, application, acid, matrix, carbonate formation, horizontal well, wellbore
Subjects:
Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir Characterization, Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Perforating, Acidizing, Completion Installation and Operations, Well Intervention, Completion Operations, Well Operations, Optimization and Stimulation
Copyright 2003, Society of Petroleum Engineers
You can access this article if you purchase or spend a download.