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