Key Drivers for Complexity of Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation - Cemented and Bitumen-filled Fractures Formed During Hydrocarbon Maturation of the Marcellus Shale - Key Drivers to Complexity of Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation

Timothy Carr, Natalie A. Mitchell, Ebrahim Fathi, Brian Panetta, B.J Carney

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and a vertical pilot hole. The vertical pilot-hole for the Boggess 17H includes a core, and an extensive suite of logs. Logging while drilling (LWD...

Geological Development of the Lonesome Dove II King Sand (Cisco) Field, Concho County, Texas

David H. Powers, George E. Watters

West Texas Geological Society

.... From isopach maps, cross sections, samples, cores, and open hole logs, the geometry of the sand bodies in the Lonesome Dove II Field are elongated...

Multilaterals: An Unconventional Approach to Unconventional Reservoirs

David Wilcox, Stefano Cappiello, Mauricio Sevilla, Eric Shafer, Greg Gill, Ian Kress, Nestor Sanchez

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... required modification to the current basin design methodology. Traditional wells in the basin employed the plug and perforation method for stimulation...

Reddell Salt Dome of Louisiana: Geotemperatures and Halokinetics

Madhurendu Bhushan Kumar

GCAGS Transactions

..., in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, is a complexly-faulted domal structure, on a deepseated salt plug (salt top at 12,368 ft or 3,770 m). The 10,000 ft (3,048 m...

Modern Completion Practices

Glenn Swanson, Jennifer Miskimins, Mark Holland, Larry Peabody, John Hart

PTTC

... System ENVENTURE SET. The Standard:" Cased-Hole Liner System FlexClad System Openhole Clad System Cased Hole Liner ENVENTURE SET. The Standard...

Banyu Urip Development Drilling and Completions: A Success Story

GE. Bhawa, TM. Bourhanuddin, PKA. Nugraha, RM. Quinn

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Development Campaign on April 30, 2013. As of January 24, 2016, all 40 wells and more than 70 km of hole have been drilled. EMCL had two rigs operating...

Developments in Oklahoma During 1939

E. F. Shea

AAPG Bulletin

... to 5,100 feet, casing set at 4,857 feet, and the well produced from the sandy zones between the casing seat and the bottom-hole plug. The initial...

New Advancements for Determining the Degree of Filtration Necessary for Completion, Stimulation, and Workover Fluids to Minimize Formation Damage

Barry A. Perlmutter, Reza Hashemi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Mechanisms Industry experts have stated that producing formations are the most expensive and the most effective filters known.1 The mechanisms that plug...

A Successful Approach to Enhance Oil Production by Leveraging Choke Valve Cage In-House Modification through Low-Cost Venture

M. Zhaka Ghazali, Andi Muhammad A Naufal, Della Sevilla

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... content and gas/oil ratio. However, the existing choke cage has a tiny hole or perforation (flow path) that results in a higher pressure drop (dP...

Using Multidisciplinary Data Gathering to Evaluate eXtreme Limited Entry Completion Design and Improve Perforation Cluster Efficiency

Apiwat (Ohm) Lorwongngam, Shawn Wright, Stephanie Hari, Erin Butler, Michael McKimmy, Jennifer Wolters, Craig Cipolla

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... captured from the downhole camera. Figure 17: Images from downhole camera showing base hole, eroded perforation, elongated perforation, and plug parts left...

Arun Core Analysis: Special Procedures for Vuggy Carbonates

Eve S. Sprunt

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... was taken from the core piece. Figure 2B shows a digital X-ray of that core when the two pieces are placed back together. The plug hole is visible...

Increase Net Present Value and Reduce Completion Cost by Using an In-House Automated Fracture Design, Reservoir Simulator and Optimization Workflow for Well Spacing and Completions Design

Srimoyee Bhattacharya, Ed Lake, Xin Liu, Robert Dombrowski, Richard Cao, Alejandro Girardi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... approach considers the uncertainty in perforation cluster efficiency from plug and perforation completions. This paper outlines an automated approach...

Abstract: Cased Hole Solutions: Predicting Open Hole Logs Using Artifical Neural Networks, by J. F. Gegg; #90092 (2009)

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Yakin West and Yakin North Fields: Optimum Development Trough Integrated Completion Techniques

M. M. Sjadzali, J. M. Kachelmeyer

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... have to be left in hole while the plug is reinstated into the X-Nipple. The use of (optional) permanent down-hole gauges is avoided and restricted...

Ultra-Deep Well Re-Entry with a Slimhole Multistage Completion System ‒ A Case Study

Yu Choon Boon, Fuxiang Zhang, Tianjin Zhang, Yuanbin Li, Yifeng Lian, Shicai Huang

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... options other than the mechanical diversion method of plug and perf technique for multistage stimulation. The operator selected a field-proven multistage...

Notes on California Oil Field Practice

R. E. Collom

AAPG Bulletin

.... For, according to the Oil Age of September, 1916, the deepest rotary hole in the world was on the property of Producers Oil Company, in the Humble pool...

Completion and Perforation Strategy Successfully Improved Hydraulic Fracturing Operation in Deep Hpht Well: A Case History

Erwin Kurniawan, Ery Mohamad Fajar Putra, Eko C. Aprilianto, Farid Ghozali, Sudjati Rachmat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... wells. ABSTRACT The DL-1 well was drilled vertically to a total depth (TD) of 11,3xx ft. to penetrate the T sand formation. The bottom-hole...

Potential Issues with Extreme Limited Entry in Horizontal Wells

Robert D. Barree

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... for simplified cases with single holes and constant backpressure (Long, Xu, 2019; Long, et al, 2018). The effects of variation in entry-hole diameter among...

Cemented-Back Monobore Reduces Well Cost and Fracturing Time in the Wolfcamp

Dj Snyder, Omar Elizondo, Angela Ibara, Mark Anderson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... completed with cemented long string plug-and-perf (CLSPP) completion systems led them to pursue alternatives. The focus of this paper...

Computed Tomography Study of Annular Cement Mechanical Response Under Cyclic Hydraulic Stress

Alexander Anya, Hossein Emadi, Marshall Watson

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... off, and the rubber plug was removed to leave behind a hole that ran from the pipe, through the cement and to the formation face on opposite sides...

CURRENT DRILLING AND FORMATION EVALUATION TECHNIQUES WILLISTON BASIN

ROBERT M. WATKINS

Montana Geological Society

... is proper maintenance and operation of the drilling equipment. Hole and Casing Sizes Production casing is predominantly 5...

Application of Relative Permeability Modifier for Fluid Loss Control During TCP Shoot & Pull to Improve Rig Efficiency - Offshore Indonesia

Andhika Pratama, Raysa Maryam, Guntur Sianturi

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., allowing the perforation guns to be dropped into the rat-hole after firing. However, this technique couldn't be implemented for these cases due...

The Norphlet Sandstone, Pelahatchie Field, Rankin County, Mississippi

J. A. Hartman

GCAGS Transactions

... Miocene sands. The salt-filled and plastic-filled interstices are black with the nicols crossed. FIGURE 9. [Color] Same perm plug as Figure 7 after plug...

Salt Tectonics and Pleistocene Stratigraphy on Continental Slope of Northern Gulf of Mexico

Peter Lehner

AAPG Bulletin

... A. CI = 20 ft. Structure A forms low-relief promontory on upper slope, offshore from Texas. Core hole 114A penetrated caprock with salt at 467 ft below...

A Case History of the Successful Use of Thixotropic Cement to Minimize Channeling and Improve Cement Bonding on Many Types of Wells in South and Central Sumatra

Iwan Setiawan, R. Suryaman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... isolation. The problem of bad primary cementing to seal the casing hole annulus and prevent communication between fluid producing formations in producing...