Reservoir Formation Damage

<p>1. Overview of Formation Damage</p> <p>PART I - Characterization of Reservoir Rock for Formation Damage—Reservoir Formations, Description and Characterization, Damage Potential, and Petrographics<br>2. Description and Characterization of Oil and Gas Reservoirs for Formation Damage Potential<br>3. Petrographical Characteristics of Petroleum-Bearing Formations</p> <p>PART II - Characterization of the Porous Media Processes for Formation Damage—Porosity and Permeability, Mineralogy Sensitivity, Petrophysics, Rate Processes, Rock-Fluid-Particle Interactions, and Accountability of Phases and Species<br>4. Alteration of the Porosity and Permeability of Geological Formations- Basic and Advanced Relationships<br>5. Mineral Sensitivity of Petroleum–Bearing Formations<br>6. Petrophysical Alterations– Fluid Disposition, Distribution, and Entrapment, Flow Functions, and Petrophysical Parameters of Geological Formations<br>7. Phase Equilibria, Solubility, and Precipitation in Porous Media<br>8. Particulate Processes in Porous Media<br>9. Multi-Phase and Multi-Species Transport in Porous Media</p> <p>PART III - Formation Damage by Particulate Processes—Single- and Multi-Phase Fines Migration, Clay Swelling, Filtrate and Particulate Invasion, Filter Cake, Stress Sensitivity, and Sanding<br>10. Single-Phase Formation Damage by Fines Migration and Clay Swelling<br>11. Multi-Phase Formation Damage by Fines Migration<br>12. Cake Filtration: Mechanism, Parameters and Modeling<br>13. Injectivity of the Waterflooding Wells<br>14. Drilling-Induced Near-Wellbore Formation Damage: Drilling Mud Filtrate and Solids Invasion and Mudcake Formation<br>15. Reservoir Stress-Induced Formation Damage: Formation Compaction, Subsidence, Sanding Tendency, Sand Migration, Prediction and Control, and Gravel-Pack Damage</p> <p>PART IV - Formation Damage by Inorganic and Organic Precipitation Processes—Chemical Reactions, Saturation Phenomena, Dissolution, Precipitation, and Deposition <br>16. Inorganic Scaling and Geochemical Formation Damage<br>17. Formation Damage by Organic Deposition</p> <p>PART V - Laboratory Assessment of the Formation Damage Potential—Instrumental Techniques, Testing, Analysis, and Interpretation<br>18. Instrumental and Laboratory Techniques for Characterization of Reservoir Rock<br>19. Laboratory Evaluation of Formation Damage</p> <p>PART VI - Field Diagnosis and Mitigation of Formation Damage—Measurement, Assessment, Control, and Remediation <br>20. Field Diagnosis and Measurement of Formation Damage<br>21. Determination of Formation- and Pseudo-Damage from Well Performance- Identification, Characterization, and Evaluation<br>22. Formation Damage Control and Remediation- Fundamentals <br>23. Reservoir Formation Damage Abatement- Guidelines, Methodology, Preventive Maintenance, and Remediation Treatments</p> <p>PART VII - Modeling and Simulation of Formation Damage- Prediction of the Near-Wellbore Formation Damage and the Combined Effects of Fluid, Completion, and Formation Damages on Well Performance by Various Modeling and Simulation Approaches and Examples <br>24. Near-Wellbore Formation Damage by Inorganic and Organic Precipitates Deposition<br>25. Interactions and Coupling of Reservoir Fluid, Completion, and Formation Damages<br>26. Formation Damage Simulator Development<br>27. Model Assisted Analysis and Interpretation of Laboratory and Field Tests</p>