March 27, 2013


Description

"The latest multi-stage well completion and stimulation technologies have revolutionized the development of unconventional resources."

Horizontal drilling as a field development technique was pioneered in the early 1980's.  As drilling technology advanced, the industry was rapidly able to increase the extended reach of wells and the length of lateral drilled.  However, for much of this time, the completion was limited to single zone techniques employing chemical and pressure diversion technologies in an attempt to stimulate the lateral section.  Gradually, the industry went through a phased period of testing culminating in the mechanical isolation technologies of "sliding sleeve" and "plug-and-perf" completions.  The outcome of this has been a paradigm shift in unconventional field development where the use of horizontal wells with 15 to 40 mechanically isolated stimulation zones (stages) has resulted in a step change in field development costs and as a consequence resulted in the US horizontal rig-count reaching over 50% of all active rigs drilling.
   
The presentation is divided into three sections:
(1)  A review of horizontal well stimulation technology development - including the author’s first-hand experience of west Texas tests in the 80's, North Slope Alaska wells in the 90's, and current applications in a variety of unconventional resources.
(2) A discussion of the two main types of multi-stage completion techologies being employed together with the application of both cross-linked and slickwater fracturing.
(3) A review of current applications and results.

Featured Speakers

Speaker C. Mark Pearson

Dr. C. Mark Pearson is an SPE distinguished member who has over 30 years of experience in both the E&P and service industries.  He is a well-known industry expert in the field of well completion and stimulation technology having published over 30 technical papers and having received a number of …

Dr. C. Mark Pearson is an SPE distinguished member who has over 30 years of experience in both the E&P and service industries.  He is a well-known industry expert in the field of well completion and stimulation technology having published over 30 technical papers and having received a number of industry accolades for the economic impacts of his work.  


He is President of Liberty Resources LLC, a Denver-based independent E&P company currently focussed on a 4-rig drilling and completion program in the Bakken Oil Shale of ND where he and his team have applied multi-stage completion and stimulation technology over the past 3 years to the extent that 35-stage horizontal wells are now standard for field development.

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Organizer

Jonathan Godwin

Contact

Email: jgodwin@carboceramics.com

Phone: (281)921-6526


Date and Time

Wed, March 27, 2013

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
(GMT-0500) US/Central

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Location

Greenspoint Club

16925 Northchase Drive
Houston, TX 77060