Combination fracturing/gravel-packing completion technique on the Amberjack, Mississippi Canyon 109 field
- BP Exploration Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
This paper describes a one-step fracturing/gravel-pack (frac-and-pack) completion procedure conducted on the BP Exploration Amberjack platform beginning in early 1992. This platform is 35 miles southwest of Venice, LA. The first four completions on this platform had an average positive skin values of 21. The goal of the frac-and-pack procedure was to reduce these skins to nearly zero. In total, 24 frac-and-pack operations were performed. Details of the fracture design, prefracture testing, fracture design and execution, and production response and a continuing optimization program are discussed. The fractures were performed with the screens in place with the gravel pack after the fracturing operation. The treatments were designed for the tip screenout technique to create wide fractures and to provide proppant loadings exceeding 8 lbm/ft. This paper presents the trend of the declining skin values, along with a discussion of time-dependent skins. The changes in fluids, breakers, and proppants are also presented. The average skin on 14 frac-and-pack completions was 5.3. The average skin on the final eight completions was 0.2.
- OSTI ID:
- 6681481
- Journal Information:
- SPE Production and Facilities (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (United States), Vol. 9:4; ISSN 1064-668X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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