Carl T. Montgomery, "Preface", Acid Stimulation, Syed A. Ali, Leonard Kalfayan, Carl T. Montgomery
Download citation file:
The idea behind this monograph was generated by me at my first technical advisory group meeting as standing Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Director for Drilling and Completions. It was felt that the original Acidizing Fundamentals monograph that was published in 1979 and edited by Bert Williams, John Gidley, and Bob Schechter was a marvelous document, but it needed to be updated to include developments that had occurred since its publication. This monograph was prepared to be a companion to Acidizing Fundamentals and is intended to serve, along with the earlier volume, as a basic reference for engineers who design, execute, and evaluate acid stimulation treatments and conduct research in the area of oilfield acidizing technologies.
The contents and structure of this monograph are well outlined in the Table of Contents and Chapter 1 and will not be repeated here. Putting together a document such as this was a challenging and time-consuming process that took approximately 5 years to achieve. This effort was coordinated, driven, and pounded into place by my two coeditors, Syed A. Ali with Schlumberger and Leonard J. Kalfayan with Hess Corporation. It is difficult to describe the issues and problems that occur during the preparation of a document such as this, so exceptional recognition must go out to these two individuals for holding on to the effort and bringing it to completion.
The technical content was reviewed by an SPE Monograph Review Committee, coordinated by David A. Curry with Baker Hughes, with members including Dean M. Bilden, Joel L. Boles, and Dr. Qi Qu, all with Baker Hughes. Jennifer Wegman, Editorial Services Manager for SPE, provided clear guidance to the editors on what was required in the preparation of the book. Special thanks also go out to all of the authors who contributed to the monograph. They are the ones who, at the end of the day, made all of this possible.
