Tight Gas Sands Research Program: Field operations and analysis. Post-fracture production and pressure-transient analysis of SFE No. 1. Annual report, January 1987-December 1987

Technical Report · Mon Jan 11 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6685219

Holditch, S A; Robinson, B M; Whitehead, W S

The Gas Research Institute sponsored its first Staged Field Experiment (SFE) in 1986. The SFE was a gas well drilled and completed in the Travis Peak formation in Harrison County, Texas, for the specific purpose of conducting research on the process of hydraulic fracturing. Numerous research organizations were involved in formation evaluation, fracture diagnostics and post-fracture evaluation of the SFE well. The authors have concluded that the main fracture treatment created a fracture that propagated up and communicated the Travis Peak C-1 sand, which was the main completion zone, to the B-1 sand. The propped fracture length is 150 ft with a conductivity of 2550 md-ft. The fracture treatment resulted in a 3.6 fold increase in productivity. In general, the post-fracture analysis of SFE No. 1 agrees well with the estimated fracture geometry and dimensions that have been reported by GRI fracture diagnostics contractors.

• Research Organization: Holditch (S.A.) and Associates, Inc., Bryan, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6685219
• Report Number(s): PB-90-240367/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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