Minimize risks of presetting and plug movement and expedite subsequent millout.
Published: 08/27/2014
Published: 08/27/2014
Application
Multistage stimulation
Reservoir pressure
14,000 psi [96,526 kPa]
Reservoir temperature
380 degF [193 degC]
Total depth
20,000 ft [6,096 m]
An operator needed frac plugs that would withstand high differential pressures during multistage stimulation operations in an extended-reach horizontal well. Because of an expected delay involving the surface equipment, the frac plugs would need to stay in place for at least 2 weeks before flowback. The operator had previously found competitors' plugs to be unreliable in this environment.