Scott R. Clingman

Physics-Based Well Design - Engineering the Well for Production

Ensuring long-term well integrity and optimum completion performance is essential for economic development of assets developed with fewer, more-complex wells. The full-length paper describes unique, physics-based modeling capabilities used during well planning, design, and production to deliver optimized well performance over the life of the well. The modeling capabilities integrate fundamental physics to provide a more accurate determination of well-performance technical limits.