Paper: STANDARDIZATION OF TESTING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES IMPROVES STIMULATION DESIGN AND EXECUTION

Acid and sand fracture stimulations are critical to economic production rates in many wells, particularly in the Permian Basin. Production rates from one well to its offsets often vary. The difference in rates may be due to the heterogeneity in the reservoir or due to the design or execution of the stimulation. Conoco and BJ Services jointly implemented a system to standardize testing and reporting procedures for Conoco's Midland Division. The goal of this system is to simplify post job evaluations. ensure that well tiles contain complete information and to continuously improve job quality. In addition the manual that was developed from this process will aid in training of new personnel and consolidate reference materials. This paper describes why the process was implemented, the types of information contained in the manual and how the process has improved stimulation design and execution.