Tip screenout fracturing applied to the Ravenspurn South Gas field development

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Production Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:7103478

Carr, A H ^[1]

---

1. BP Exploration, Europe (GB)

Tip screenout (TS) fracturing is a means of creating greater propped fracture widths and hence fracture conductivities than can be achieved by conventional fracture treatments. This allows more cost-effective stimulations of higher-permeability reservoirs, especially where non-Darcy pressure losses are significant. This paper presents a procedure to design TSO schedules and reviews field results from the Ravenspurn South gas field, which was developed between 1988 and 1989. Evidence is provided to support the view that TSO pressure responses are indeed the result of processes occurring close to the fracture tip, rather than slurry-enhanced viscosity effects along the fracture length.

• OSTI ID: 7103478
• Journal Information: SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Production Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Production Engineering; (United States) Vol. 7:3; ISSN SPENE; ISSN 0885-9221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
030200 -- Natural Gas-- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
030300* -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
CRACK PROPAGATION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOMETRY
MATHEMATICS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
PERMEABILITY
PRESSURE DROP
RESERVOIR ROCK
RESOURCES
STIMULATION
VISCOSITY
WELL STIMULATION