UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS ta ee We JANUARY 2018 SEMESTER COURSE PCB 4323 / PDB 4323 - WELL STIMULATION TECHNIQUE DATE 30 APRIL 2018 (MONDAY) TIME 09.00 AM - 12.00 NOON (3 HOURS) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Answer ALL qui Begin EACH ans' Indicate clearly ans Where applicable, s indicate ALL assum DO NOT open this DOUBLE SIDED Question BocWhat is Hawkins formula and wha formula? © Awell has a radius 7, of 0.95 ft and from the pressure test, the skin's 6. If the permeability of the damaged zone, kt.,in is estimated to times smaller than the permeability of the formation, k, determine the radius of damaged zone, r.4in a ke «fe % S (+ — 1) 0S gd marks} d. The total well skin, S;;ra1, comprises of several values of skin effects of 7 es _Ape well. which includes the damaged zone stn, Sj, Deseibe the i ne SAREE (3) other skin effects that constitute the total Well skin Cane wu Non lo Gin cg : id acia \ ry ‘are between hydraulic fracturing, matrix acidizing and ack e. Com Blood fracturing treatments. 7 Bimeds! greet on ee red2. 7 declining wells has been selected as a candi PCB/PDB4323 You are a production engineer working in Arlanskoye field, Russia. One of the idate for matrix acidizing. TABLE Q2 shows the Properties of the well and the reservoir. TABLE Q2 Well and Reservoir properties Well radius, r, 0.25m ] Flowing bottomhole pressure, Pup 2.4% 107 Pa | Outer boundary tadius, r, 350 m Outer boundary pressure, P, 38x 107 Pa | Reservoir height, A 27m | Fluid viscosity, j1 1.4x 103 Pas Se ae = Reservoir permeability, k «(75x10 me (75.9 md) | | Porosity, 6 r 8. 2 ry, | @ Determine the ékyfected incremental flova matrix acidizing treatment — 0.00 B3y l 8 0-6 gay te, q (in bbis/day) after the 456 fo é 2 [10 marks} S4b vin The formation is a sandstone containing 8% calcite (CaCO3) and therefore will be acidized by @ HF/HCI mixture Solution, A preflush of 10% hydrochloric acid (HC) is to be injected to remove all carbonates (CaCOs) in a region within 2 ft beyond the wellbore radius. Determine the preflush volume Tequired (gallons) for the Operation. (1 m= 3.2808 ft, 1 f° = 7.48 gallons) [17 marks)