Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Oriented perforating helps ensure successful well completions

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal
OSTI ID:116507
 [1]
  1. Halliburton Energy Services, Duncan, OK (United States)
Oriented casing perforations can help ensure successful fracturing stimulation treatments by creating a single, wide, planar fracture in the formation, rather than nonplanar fractures such as multiple parallel fractures, reoriented fractures, and T-shaped fractures. Casing should be perforated with regard to the fracture treatment. often, wells are perforated for the sole purpose of production. fracture treatments are then performed later in the well`s life. If wells were perforated with regard to a possible future fracture treatment, the success of the fracturing treatment and overall production gain increases. The paper discusses nonplanar fractures, perforation design, longitudinal orientation, clustered orientation, gravity-based orientation, breakdown pressure, perforating short intervals, and sand control.
OSTI ID:
116507
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 41 Vol. 93; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJAV
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Oriented perforations -- A rock mechanics view
Conference · Tue Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1995 · OSTI ID:113346

Results of stress-oriented and aligned perforating in fracturing deviated wells
Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991 · Journal of Petroleum Technology; (United States) · OSTI ID:5651618

Impacts of oriented perforating on fracture stimulation treatments: Kuparuk River field, Alaska
Conference · Sat Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1995 · OSTI ID:403059