Day 1
• Introduction & history of well stimulation.
• Formation damage and skin analysis.
• An overview of hydraulic fracturing.
• Rock mechanics & formation lithology.

Day 2
• Fracturing fluids
• Proppant selection
• Proppant placement

Day 3
• Fracture modeling
• Fracture diagnostics
• Post -fracture well data analysis

Day 4
• Fracture propagation in water injection wells
• Refracturing
• Frac-packing: Fracturing in soft sands

Day 5
• Fracturing operations and field implementation
• Environmental considerations
• Economics of hydraulic fracturing