Using horizontal well technology for enhanced recovery in very mature, depletion drive gas reservoirs - Pirkle No. 2 well, a case history, carthage (Lower Pettit) field, Panola County, Texas
Horizontal well technology has been successfully applied to exploit reservoirs involving thin beds, low permeability zones, naturally fractured reservoirs, high-cost areas, and zones of water coning. The Pirkle No. 2 well represents the first use of horizontal technology to enhance ultimate gas recovery in a very mature, low pressure zone in the Lower Pettit horizon at Carthage Field, Panola County, Texas. The Pirkle No. 2 well was drilled to test the concept that a horizontal well could enhance ultimate recovery by lowering the final abandonment pressure in a very mature, depletion drive gas reservoir. However, numerous technical obstacles existed to the successful drilling and completion of an economic well in a 0.0308 psi/ft pressure gradient environment. This paper outlines the steps taken by OXY team members in planning and executing the project, as well as the results achieved from the Pirkle No. 2 well. Information gained from this project will help others to define appropriate screening criteria and provide dance for planning/application of horizontal technology to guide other mature gas reservoirs worldwide.
- OSTI ID:
- 468165
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961003-; TRN: 96:006578-0059
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 71. annual technical conference and exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Denver, CO (United States), 6-9 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 1996 SPE annual technical conference and exhibition: Reservoir engineering; PB: 833 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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