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PETE 410 Petroleum Production System

Every Spring Semester

PETE 659 Rock Mechanics Related to Hydraulic Fracture 

Every Fall Semester

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  1. Estimate production performance for vertical and horizontal wells in oil, gas and two-phase flow reservoirs

  2. Evaluate near wellbore problems in oil and gas well production, identify the problems cause by formation damage and well completion, and estimate their effect on production

  3. Provide justification for selecting a completion option including perforation, screen, slotted liners and gravel packs.

  4. Completion design and performance

  5. Diagnose production problems, to identify the source of the problem in the production system, and to select the correct method, stimulation or artificial lift to solve the problems.

  6. Design and optimize hydraulic fracture treatment and select correct stimulation methods for improving production performance (hydraulic fracturing or acid stimulation)

  7. Design matrix acidizing stimulation for carbonate reservoirs. Select volume and injection rate for optimal treatment outcomes.

  8. Recognize environmental sensitive issue in production engineering practice.

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  1. ​Apply fundamentals of rock mechanics: pore pressure and in situ stress estimation, linear elasticity, rock failure description and analysis 

  2. Calculate displacements, strains, and stresses of opening fractures

  3.  Evaluate stress shadow effects and investigate local stress reorientation and fracture interaction

  4. Analyze strain response induced by opening fractures

  5. Analyze near-tip stresses and determine fracture propagation direction

  6. Summarize hydraulic fracture treatments and modeling in unconventional reservoirs   

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Short Course: Hydraulic Fracture Training 

Based on invitation

  1. An overview of hydraulic fracturing 

  2. Fracturing fluids and proppant 

  3. Reservoir in-situ stress and rock properties

  4. Hydraulic fracture modeling 

  5. Hydraulic fracture and completion design 

  6. Introduction of hydraulic fracturing simulators

  7. Building a hydraulic fracture model using a commercial software   

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