Foreword .................................................... ix
Preface to the Third Edition ................................ xi
About the Author .......................................... xiii
Introduction ................................................ xv
1 Basis of Well Completion Engineering ......................... 1
1.1 Grounds of Reservoir Geology and Reservoir
Engineering ............................................. 3
1.2 Core Analysis Techniques ............................... 13
1.3 Reservoir Sensitivity to Fluid and Working Fluid
Damage Evaluation ...................................... 22
1.4 Reservoir Stress Sensitivity Analysis .................. 41
1.5 In Situ Stress and Mechanical Parameters of Rock ....... 54
1.6 Technological Grounds of Petroleum Production
Engineering ............................................ 67
2 Well Completion Mode Selection .............................. 75
2.1 Vertical, Slant, and Directional Well Completion ...... 76
3 Selection and Determination of Tubing and Production
Casing Sizes ............................................... 117
3.1 Overview .............................................. 118
3.2 Overview of Nodal Analysis ............................ 119
3.3 Selection and Determination of Tubing and Production
Casing Sizes for Flowing Wells ........................ 121
3.4 Selection and Determination of Tubing and Production
Casing Sizes for Gas Wells ............................ 130
3.5 Selection and Determination of Tubing and Production
Casing Sizes for Artificial Lift Wells ................ 136
3.6 Effects of Stimulation on Tubing and Production
Casing Size Selection ................................. 156
3.7 Selection and Determination of Tubing and Production
Casing Sizes for Heavy Oil and High Pour-Point Oil
Production Wells ...................................... 161
4 Completion and Perforating Fluids .......................... 171
4.1 Functions of Drilling and Completion Fluid and Basic
Requirements .......................................... 172
4.2 Drilling and Completion Fluid Systems and
Application ........................................... 175
4.3 Shield-Type Temporary Plugging Technique .............. 185
4.4 Drilling and Completion Fluid for a Complicated
Reservoir ............................................. 203
4.5 Perforating Fluid ..................................... 210
5 Production Casing and Cementing ............................ 221
5.1 Basic Requirements for Production Casing Design and
Integrity Management of Production Casing ............. 223
5.2 Hole Structure and Types of Casing .................... 231
5.3 Strength of Casing and Strength Design of Casing
String ................................................ 242
5.4 Cementing ............................................. 256
5.5 Production Casing and Cementing for Complex Type
Wells ................................................. 272
6 Perforating ................................................ 295
6.1 Perforating Technology ................................ 297
6.2 Perforated Well Productivity Influencing Rule
Analysis .............................................. 315
6.3 Perforating Differential Pressure Design .............. 337
6.4 Optimizing the Perforation Design ..................... 346
7 Well Completion Formation Damage Evaluation ................ 364
7.1 Overview .............................................. 365
7.2 Principle of Formation Damage Evaluation by Well
Testing ............................................... 369
7.3 Formation Damage Diagnosis of Homogeneous Reservoir
by Graphic Characteristics ............................ 373
7.4 Graphic Characteristics of a Dual Porosity Reservoir
and a Reservoir with a Hydraulically Created
Fracture .............................................. 383
7.5 Distinguishing Effectiveness of Stimulation by
Graphic Characteristics ............................... 397
7.6 Quantitative Interpretation of Degree of Formation
Damage ................................................ 403
7.7 Well Logging Evaluation of Formation Damage Depth ..... 413
8 Measures for Putting a Well into Production ................ 417
8.1 Preparations before Putting a Well into Production .... 418
8.2 Main Measures for Putting the Well into Production .... 423
8.3 Physical and Chemical Blocking Removal ................ 425
8.4 Hydraulic Fracturing for Putting a Well into
Production ............................................ 445
8.5 Acidizing for Putting a Well into Production .......... 470
8.6 High-Energy Gas Fracturing for Putting a Well into
Production ............................................ 495
8.7 Flowing Back .......................................... 512
9 Well Completion Tubing String .............................. 524
9.1 Oil Well Completion Tubing String ..................... 525
9.2 Gas Well Completion Tubing String ..................... 537
9.3 Separate-Layer Water Injection String ................. 544
9.4 Heavy Oil Production Tubing String .................... 547
9.5 Completion Tubing String Safety System ................ 553
9.6 Tubing String Mechanics ............................... 562
10 Wellhead Assembly .......................................... 572
10.1 Oil-Well Christmas Tree and Tubinghead ................ 574
10.2 Gas-Well Christmas Tree and Tubinghead ................ 587
10.3 Water Injection and Thermal Production Wellhead
Assembly .............................................. 596
10.4 Common Components of a Wellhead Assembly .............. 601
11 Oil and Gas Well Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention ........ 617
11.1 Related Calculation of Oil and Gas Well Corrosion ..... 619
11.2 Oil and Gas Well Corrosion Mechanisms and
Classification ........................................ 624
11.3 Material Selection for Corrosive Environment of Oil
and Gas Wells ......................................... 640
11.4 Oil and Gas Well Corrosion Prevention Design .......... 655
11.5 Tubing and Casing Corrosion Prevention for Sour Gas
Reservoirs ............................................ 672
Index ...................................................... 701
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