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Title: Southeast New Mexico. Tight limestone responds to massive frac - threefold increase reported

Abstract

The first massive hydraulic fracture to be tried on a tight limestone formation in SE New Mexico has resulted in a 3-fold increase of daily production within 6 months. The fracture was performed on Yates Petroleum Corp.'s Griffin J.J. Comm in NW Eddy County on Sept. 22, 1981. Since the treatment, production has jumped from 295 mcfd with 0.81 bbl of condensate per day and almost no water in June 1981, to 872.5 mcfd with 1.5 bbl of condensate and 2 bpd of water in February 1982. The idea of using a massive hydraulic fracturing treatment on wells producing from the Permo-Pennsylvanian carbonate came from watching and studying similar projects on the Cotton Valley limestone in E. Texas.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5292436
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Drill Bit; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; NEW MEXICO; GAS CONDENSATES; NATURAL GAS; PERMEABILITY; WELL STIMULATION; COMMINUTION; CONDENSATES; ENERGY SOURCES; FEDERAL REGION VI; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FRACTURING; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS; NORTH AMERICA; STIMULATION; USA; WELLS; 030900* - Natural Gas- Artificial Stimulation, Plowshare- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Wash, R. Southeast New Mexico. Tight limestone responds to massive frac - threefold increase reported. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Wash, R. Southeast New Mexico. Tight limestone responds to massive frac - threefold increase reported. United States.
Wash, R. 1982. "Southeast New Mexico. Tight limestone responds to massive frac - threefold increase reported". United States.
@article{osti_5292436,
title = {Southeast New Mexico. Tight limestone responds to massive frac - threefold increase reported},
author = {Wash, R},
abstractNote = {The first massive hydraulic fracture to be tried on a tight limestone formation in SE New Mexico has resulted in a 3-fold increase of daily production within 6 months. The fracture was performed on Yates Petroleum Corp.'s Griffin J.J. Comm in NW Eddy County on Sept. 22, 1981. Since the treatment, production has jumped from 295 mcfd with 0.81 bbl of condensate per day and almost no water in June 1981, to 872.5 mcfd with 1.5 bbl of condensate and 2 bpd of water in February 1982. The idea of using a massive hydraulic fracturing treatment on wells producing from the Permo-Pennsylvanian carbonate came from watching and studying similar projects on the Cotton Valley limestone in E. Texas.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5292436}, journal = {Drill Bit; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 32:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
}