Drilling and completing a horizontal well in fractured carbonate
Journal Article
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· World Oil; (USA)
OSTI ID:5386794
- PROCO, Corpus Christi, TX (US)
- Tam International, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Proco, Inc., recently completed a horizontal oil well in the Austin chalk, a vertically fractured carbonate reservoir, in Pearsall field, Texas. The horizontal technique was used to tap multiple major fracture systems in the chalk matrix indicated by seismic and, hence, substantially increase productivity over a vertical hole which may or may not intersect a fracture system. This article discusses drilling, completion and production procedures used on the well and problems encountered in all three phases. Lessons learned are reviewed, and recommendations are made for improving future operations.
- OSTI ID:
- 5386794
- Journal Information:
- World Oil; (USA), Journal Name: World Oil; (USA) Vol. 209:4; ISSN 0043-8790; ISSN WOOIA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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