Abrasive Water Jet Perforation and Multi-stage Fracturing

Abrasive Water Jet Perforation and Multi-Stage Fracturing gives petroleum engineers, well completion managers and fracturing specialists a critical guide to understanding all the details of the technology including materials, tools, design methods and field applications. The exploitation and development of unconventional oil and gas resources has continued to gain importance, and multi-stage fracturing with abrasive water jets has emerged as one of the top three principal methods to recover unconventional oil and gas, yet there is no one collective reference to explain the fundamentals, operations and influence this method can deliver. The book introduces current challenges and gives solutions for the problems encountered. Packed with references and real-world examples, the book equips engineers and specialists with a necessary reservoir stimulation tool to better understand today’s fracturing technology.

• Provides understanding of the fundamentals, design and application of water jet perforation
• Examines the pressure boosting assembly in all phases including initiation, hydraulic isolation and production stage
• Evaluates production analysis, pump pressure predictions and the latest design software
• Introduces current challenges and gives solutions for the problems encountered

Zhongwei Huang is currently a professor at the college of petroleum engineering at the China University of Petroleum, teaching well drilling, completion, and hydro-jet fracturing. He was previously a lecturer at the same school and a visiting scholar at the Colorado School of Mines. He has authored multiple articles and awarded nine grants to date. He earned a BE in drilling engineering, MSc in oil and gas well engineering, and a PhD in oil and gas well engineering, all from the China University of Petroleum.

Dr. Gensheng Li is the Academician of Chinese Member of Engineering and the Vice-President of China University of Petroleum at Beijing (CUPB). He has over 30 years of experience concentrating on the research and application of water jet technology in drilling and well completion. His research interests include water jet assisted drilling within HPHT Wells, abrasive jet perforation and multistage fracturing, and unconventional oil & gas well drilling & completion. He received the National Award for Technological Invention in 2012 and National Award for Science and Technology Progress in 2007 as a principle investigator.

Dr. Shoucheng Tian is currently an Associate Researcher in the college of petroleum engineering at the China University of Petroleum. Previously, he was a teacher at the Shengli Oilfield school. He has authored many papers, and he earned a BS in metal forming from the Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute, a MS in computer software and theory from China University of Petroleum, and a PhD in oil and gas well engineering from China University of Petroleum.

Dr. Xianzhi Song is the Professor of College of Petroleum Engineering and the Vice Dean of College of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Petroleum at Beijing (CUPB). He is also the Vice Director of CUPB Geothermal Research Center, and the Director of CNPC Key Laboratory of Drilling Engineering, etc. He has obtained the National Natural Science Funds for Excellent Young Scholars of China, the Awards of Science and Technology for the Excellent Youth by Sun Yue-Qi Foundation, and National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation. His research areas involve drilling and completion, geothermal exploitation, and artificial intelligence. He has authored more than 50 papers and earned 20 patents. He received his B.S degree in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum at East China and PHD degree in oil and gas well drilling engineering of CUPB in 2010.

Dr. Mao Sheng is currently Assistant Professor in the school of petroleum engineering at the China University in Beijing, specializing in hydraulic fracturing propagation and shale-gas horizontal well completions. He has authored multiple journal articles and is an active member in SPE, AAPG, and AADE. He earned a BS in petroleum engineering and a PhD in oil and gas well engineering, both from the China University of Petroleum in Beijing.