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Software - Practice and Experience | 1998

The Impact of Formation Damage and Completion Impairment on Horizontal Well Productivity

Robert C. Burton; Richard M. Hodge

Many horizontal wells in unconsolidated to weakly consolidated formations are completed open hole with sand-control screens to prevent production of formation sand. In these completions, the screens are designed to retain formation sand by incorporating outer layers of resin-coated gravel, porous metal sheets, or tightly woven wire mesh. These screens are prone to plugging with mud and drill solids. In weaker zones, the formation may collapse onto the sand-control screen.


Spe Drilling & Completion | 1997

Evaluation and Selection of Drill-In-Fluid Candidates To Minimize Formation Damage

Richard M. Hodge; B.G. Augustine; Robert C. Burton; W.W. Sanders; Donna Atkinson Stomp

Conoco drilled and completed a horizontal well in a depleted, high-permeability, oil reservoir. The formation is an unconsolidated, clean sandstone with absolute permeability over 3300 md. The unconsolidated nature of the formation combined with its low pressure and high permeability caused concerns regarding hole stability, fracturing, excessive fluid loss, and differential sticking. To identify the best drill-in fluid for the horizontal section, the evaluation of fluid candidates focused on both drilling properties and formation/completion damage potential. The testing compared fluid performance in standard API drilling fluid tests, low-shear rheology at elevated temperature, dynamic fluid-loss behavior at elevated temperature, and core flow tests. The flow testing was performed with cores from an offset well to simulate damage due to drill-in fluid exposure and evaluate remedial treatment options. Also, a new lab-scale procedure was developed to observe the tendency of pre-packed screens to be plugged by drill-in fluid filter cake and unconsolidated formation sand. In addition to the laboratory testing, a review of the drilling and completion operations is presented, including performance of the drilling fluid at high overbalance pressure (∼ 2600 psi) and the design and execution of subsequent remedial treatments. The production history is discussed and related to laboratory observations regarding cleanup and remedial treatment effectiveness.


International symposium on formation damage control | 1996

Evaluating Completion Damage in High Rate, Gravel Packed Wells

Robert C. Burton; W.M. MacKinlay; Richard M. Hodge; W.R. Landrum

Conoco has completed and tested a series of high rate, gravel-packed oil wells. Analysis of the well test data for the first completion indicated significant formation/completion damage had been caused during the gravel-packing process. Extensive laboratory testing designed to closely simulate the completion procedure was performed in conjunction with detailed completion pressure loss evaluation. The studies identified the LCM pill used during completion operations as the primary source of damage. A new, self-breaking, LCM composition was designed that provided fluid-loss control with minimum formation/completion damage. This LCM system and a number of other design improvements were then used in the fields remaining gravel-packed completions. This paper describes the analysis of well test data and the application of this information to evaluate completion procedures for these high rate, cased-hole, gravel-packed completions. The analysis technique used is unique in that it uses a combination of laboratory, analytical, and operational data to quantify individual components of the total measured pressure drop across the completion. This approach provides a significantly better insight into completion performance than merely stating an overall completion pressure drop, skin value, or well flow efficiency. This systematic analysis of pressure losses resulted in a better understanding of formation damage effects and the factors that influenced them during the completion process. This in turn allowed completion procedures to be modified to target specific areas for improvement.


Archive | 1987

High temperature guar-based fracturing fluid

Harold Dean Brannon; Richard M. Hodge; Kevin Wayne England


Archive | 1995

Method and apparatus for wellbore sand control

Eric E. Andersen; Larry K. Moran; Richard M. Hodge; Nobuo Morita


International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control | 2002

An Evaluation Method for Screen-Only and Gravel-Pack Completions

Richard M. Hodge; Robert C. Burton; Vernon George Constien; Valerie Skidmore


SPE European Petroleum Conference | 2000

Design Methodology for Selection of Horizontal Open-Hole Sand Control Completions Supported by Field Case Histories

C. Bennett; J.M. Gilchrist; E. Pitoni; Robert C. Burton; Richard M. Hodge; J. Troncoso; Syed A. Ali; R. Dickerson; C. Price-Smith; M. Parlar


Spe Drilling & Completion | 2011

A Review of Screen Selection for Standalone Applications and a New Methodology

Rajesh A. Chanpura; Richard M. Hodge; Jamie Stuart Andrews; Ezio Toffanin; Terje Moen; Mehmet Parlar


Spe Drilling & Completion | 2012

New Analytical and Statistical Approach for Estimating and Analyzing Sand Production Through Wire-Wrap Screens During a Sand-Retention Test

Rajesh A. Chanpura; Selcuk Fidan; Somnath Mondal; Jamie Stuart Andrews; Frederic Martin; Richard M. Hodge; Joseph A. Ayoub; Mehmet Parlar; Mukul M. Sharma


North American Unconventional Gas Conference and Exhibition | 2011

Shear Sensitivity of Borate Fracturing Fluids

Kevin Bjornen; Richard M. Hodge; Kay E. Cawiezel; Kevin Wayne England

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Mukul M. Sharma

University of Texas at Austin

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University of Texas at Austin

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