Performance Comparison of Vertical and Horizontal Hydraulic Fractures and Horizontal Boreholes in Low Permeability Reservoirs: A Numerical Study

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Sung ◽  
T. Ertekin
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Application of Hydraulic Fracturing Candidate Selection Leading to Oil Production Boost from Multi-Layered, Low-Permeability Reservoirs: A Successful Case Study in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marut Wantawin ◽  
Thum Sirirattanachatchawan ◽  
Theerapat Suppachokinirun ◽  
Kittithuch Hnuruang ◽  
Sorawee Rongdechprateep ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Selection Methodology ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Abstract Hydraulic fracturing activities implemented in Sirikit onshore oilfield of Thailand over a decade. Before 2018, the variation in post-fracturing production performance resulted in about 50% stimulation success rate. This outcome posted a big challenge to maintain project momentum. Hence, the candidate selection methodology was developed in-house which recommends "suitable" reservoirs. Using selection criteria, the multi-layered, low permeability reservoirs were selected for the 2018-19 Hydraulic Fracturing Campaign. Production analysis was conducted using the information gathered from past hydraulic fracturing campaigns. Reservoir Index (RI) was invented to distinguish the subsurface quality by formation permeability, thickness, pressure, and fluid properties. Together with the Fold of Increase (FOI) owing to hydraulic fracturing, a performance-based relationship was created which can categorize suitable reservoirs based on their RI ranges. This method has been applied to newly drilled wells during 2018. In the end, there were 13 wells selected to perform 28 hydraulic fracturing stages. The 2018-2019 Hydraulic Fracturing Campaign at Sirikit Oilfield was planned and executed. Post-fracturing production tests showing significant improvement. Some wells resulted in excellent oil production rate naturally, while some maintained high rate by artificial lift. According to post-campaign analysis, hydraulic fractures were proved to connect multiple layers of satisfactory flow capacity. In addition, well angle and stress direction accommodated the placement and orientation of multiple hydraulic fractures. As a result, the number of hydraulic fracturing stages that achieved economic production tests improved to 75% success rate. Hydraulic fracturing results from the past were fully utilized in order to achieve sustainable production improvement, thus driving continuous stimulation activities in the future. The candidate selection methodology has shaped up a candidate selection workflow that pointed out success criteria and avoided those that may lead to failure, which proved to be successful in one of the most complex fields in Thailand.

ASSESSMENT OF OIL WELL PRODUCTIVITY IN LOW-PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS IN THE FIELDS OF EASTERN SIBERIA

2017 ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
R. V. Urvantsev ◽  
S. E. Cheban
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Eastern Siberia ◽  
Development Costs ◽  
Traditional Fields ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

The 21st century witnessed the development of the oil extraction industry in Russia due to the intensifica- tion of its production at the existing traditional fields of Western Siberia, the Volga region and other oil-extracting regions, and due discovering new oil and gas provinces. At that time the path to the development of fields in Eastern Siberia was already paved. The large-scale discoveries of a number of fields made here in the 70s-80s of the 20th century are only being developed now. The process of development itself is rather slow in view of a number of reasons. Create a problem of high cost value of oil extraction in the region. One of the major tasks is obtaining the maximum oil recovery factor while reducing the development costs. The carbonate layer lying within the Katangsky suite is low-permeability, and its inventories are categorised as hard to recover. Now, the object is at a stage of trial development,which foregrounds researches on selecting the effective methods of oil extraction.

Theoretical analysis of pressure-bearing performance on compression packer in low permeability reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 104325
Author(s):  
Yanwen Zhang ◽  
Hanxiang Wang ◽  
Jiaqi Che ◽  
Mingchao Du ◽  
Mingjie Dou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs
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