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Sonic Shock-Wave Tool Stimulates Oil Wells
1. The Sonic
Shock-Wave ToolThe Latest Oil-Well Stimulation Enhancement Tool
WM Oilfield Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 1347
McCamey, TX 79752
o: 432-652-3795
f: 432-652-3133
Willie Mosley, Owner
WMOilfieldService@sbcglobal.net
432.556.0200
Made & distributed by:
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2. Upon activation, the Sonic
Shock-Wave tool successively
pulses fluid out of its
multiple ports. As each pulse
of fluid accelerates out of the
ports, the fluid shock wave
is formed due to abrupt
acceleration and deceleration
of the fluid being used. This
shock wave is commonly
called a ‘water hammer.’
The Sonic Shock-Wave tool
is a well stimulation enhancement
apparatus that creates a fluid shock
wave that travels through fluid into
formation that is being treated.
How Does It Work?
The Sonic Shock-Wave tool is activated with fluid velocity pumped through
the tool itself. The fluid activates a diverter device, which in turn opens and
closes posts in succession to create a pulse of burst with high inertial forces.
This pulse or burst forms a fluid shock wave in the well-bore fluid. The fluid
shock wave will travel spherically from its point of origin through the well-bore
fluid and into the formation as far as there is fluid. The sonic tool intensifies
well stimulation treatments with the use of less treating fluids.
The Sonic Shock-Wave tool can be ran in 4 different methods:
• Blow a packer (referred to as the Isolation Method)
• Between 2 packers (referred to as the Straddle Packer Method)
• Between a packer and a bridge plug
• Ran on its own
When the Sonic Tool is used with any of these methods, the fluid shock wave
becomes trapped intensifying the effect on the treated formation.
Other Advantages
Using the Sonic Tool will remove well-bore damage such
as scales, formation fines, perforation debris, and other types
of plugging material. The shock wave causes these materials
to reach their fatigue failure point.
The Sonic Shock-Wave tool method of well stimulation enhancement
has been successfully used on -
• newly completed oil and gas wells
• older producing oil and gas wells
• injection and disposal wells.
Isolation
Expansion
Packer
Method
Straddle
Packer
Method
Open
Hole Blast
Method
High
Pressure
Perf. Clean
Method