Paper: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO FRACTURING WITH LONG TERM RESULTS IN PRODUCTION

In the oil field industry drilling, completion, and production are all the responsibility of different departments. Each phase in the life of an oil or gas well is being scrutinized and restructured as an independent event. Oil and gas wells are typically drilled, completed, and put on production with an emphasis on completing each task in a manner to minimize costs. If a problem is created in either the drilling or completion operation, the production department will be forced to deal with results of the problem which can last for the well's lifetime. This paper deals with a novel approach that treats the well for production issues during the completion/stimulation stage of the well. There will never be a better opportunity in the well's lifetime to treat production issues before they occur. This is true for both wells with a single set of perforations and multi-perforated completions. However the production problems are magnified in wells producing from multiple sets of perforations. This process has been applied to the Wolfberry which is typically a multi-stage completion, but is applicable to essentially all wells. The formation during this treatment is in as near a virgin state as is possible. Never again will the opportunity exist for treating the well in this state.