Dr. Boyun Guo is well known for his contributions to the energy industry in multiphase flow in pipe systems and horizontal well engineering. He is currently a Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Petroleum Engineering Department and Director of the Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems (COPS). He has over 35 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry and academia, and has previously worked for New Mexico Tech, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, and Edinburgh Petroleum Services. He holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Daqing Petroleum Institute of China, MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Dr. Guo has authored over a hundred papers, served on many association committees, and published 13 books of which 10 of those reside with Elsevier.

Part I: Well Productivity Basics1. Introduction2. Petroleum Reservoir Properties3. Reservoir Deliverability4. Wellbore Performance5. Productivities of Wells with Conventional Completions
Part II: Productivity of Multi-Lateral Wells6. Productivity of Wells with Simple Completions7. Productivity of Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wells8. Productivity of Radial-Fractured Wells
AppendixA. Unit Conversion FactorsB. Minimum Performance Properties of API TubingC. Mathematical Model for Obtaining Oil Rate Correction Factor FOD. Mathematical Model for Obtaining Oil Rate Correction Factor FG