Starting Production Flow
Potential Hazard
- A blowout may be possible whenever well pressures are changed.
Possible Solution
- Monitoring of well pressures and working blow out preventers (BOP's) are the best way to prevent blowouts.
Stimulation
If the well does not flow on its own, well stimulation or artificial lift may need to be considered. Stimulation is the action of attempting to improve and enhance a well's performance by:
- the application of horsepower using pumping equipment,
- injecting water, sand and chemicals in artificially created fractures in rock, or
- using chemicals such as hydrochloric or acetic acid to dissolve the soluble portion of the rock.
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1-7. According to the text, what can happen whenever well pressures are changed?
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