Fracturing Objective

-to bypass the formation damage

-PI increase typically by 2/4 ratio.

Application
-Usually when the permeability of a reservoir is
below one mD (gas) / ten mD (oil)

Well Stimulation Process 1)Perforation

2)Acid Wash
3)Acidification
4)Fracturation

*Propagation of fracture perpendicular to the

minimum principal stress.
Fracturation -Breakdown the formation
-Development/propagation of the fracture.
-set up of proppants to keep open the fracture.
-Clean up and production.

Design of the fracturation fluid-must be able to

carry the proppants.
Artificial Lift methods -mechanical power (sucker rod pump, PCP
pumps)
-electric power
(ESP pumps, PCP pumps)
-hydraulic power ( hydraulic reciprocating pumps,
jet pumps)
-gas lift

PCP,beam pump, and ESP sensitive to sand.

Beam pump

Advantages
-simple and easy for onshore operations.

Disadvantages
-limitation in directional wells.

Progressive Cavity Pump

Advantages
-simple and easy for onshore field operations.

Disadvantages

Internal
 -well temperature. [ need to pay attention to well
temperature due to the presence of elastomers.]

Internal