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Introduction

This workbook is a “practical companion” to the Chapter in Chapter in
second edition of Reservoir Stimulation (published by Reservoir Stimulation This Volume
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ in 1989), and it is + 1 A
my intention that the two books be used together. 2 B
I feel this new volume will be particularly useful for 3 E
the training of new engineers and petroleum ehgineering
students, as it contains approximately 100 problems and 4 C
their solutions plus a lengthy chapter giving data neces- 5 C
sary for designing a stimulation treatment. 7 D
The chapters containing practical problems are labeled 8 E
with letters of the alphabet (from A to J) to distinguish 9 E
them from the chapters in Reservoir Stimulation. Prob-
lems are stated concisely at the beginning of the chapter 10 6
andare followedby areference totheparticularsection(s) 11 F
of the textbook containing information necessary for the 12 G
solution. Equations, figures and tables from the textbook 13 G
are referred to in the workbook but are not reproduced. I 14 I G
New references used in this volume are explicitly de- 15 H
scribed. All others are referred back to the textbook. I I
The accompanying table lists the chapters in Reser- 16 H
voir Stimulation that correspond to chapters in this vol- 17 I
ume where the practical problems arising from the 18 I
technology are presented. 19 J
The assistance throughout this effort of my friend,
Bill Diggons, manager of Schlumberger Wireline, Test-
ing & Marketing Services, is greatly appreciated. Spe-
cial thanks also go to Glenda DeLuna and Donna Peterson
for invaluable contributions in the editing and prepara-
tion of the text.

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Economides
May 1991