USING ENGINEERING TOOLS AND NEW ADDITIVES TO PRODUCE THE YATES AND QUEEN FORMATIONS IN WARD AND WINKLER COUNTY
Mike Metza and Pete Wilkinson, Whiting Petroleum, Dennis Page, Ken Borgen and Robert Reyes, Halliburton
Operators have stimulated and produced from the Yates and Queen formations in Ward and Winkler counties for 38 years. The field was discovered in 1968 and has been explored, developed, bought and sold for several cycles. Each operator developed the field to different degrees. The paper will is a part one of what has been done in the past and what is being done currently. Technology used will be included. This encompasses new or improved additives and engineering modeling tools used today by the service company to optimize production. Part two will come when we can make judgment changes to an already good design and have ample time to collect production data to see if production can be impacted for an improved return on investment.