Development of a completion design to control screenouts caused by multiple near-wellbore fractures
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OSTI ID:372384
This paper discusses possible explanations, based upon previous studies, for the hypothesis that multiple fractures at the borehole wall may be a common feature of the hydraulic fracturing process. It then uses field examples to show how the author concluded that a type of low-concentration screenout common to three fields in Texas and Oklahoma was caused by multiple fractures. Next, it shows how he developed a completion that controls loss of the pad and slurry to multiple fractures. Finally, it discusses some of the implications of his experience for completion design in general. Since the symptoms of the low-concentration screenout have been documented in the literature by other authors and appear to be quite common, his design techniques should be effective in other areas as well.
- OSTI ID:
- 372384
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950433--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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