ACTive Matrix Service Stimulation Treatment Boosted Nonproducing Horizontal Well to 2,200 bbl/d | SLB

ACTive Matrix Service Stimulation Treatment Boosted Nonproducing Horizontal Well to 2,200 bbl/d

Published: 03/02/2015

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During the stimulation treatment operation,  oil production steadily increased after each stage was completed, successfully boosting the production from the previously nonproducing horizontal well.
During the stimulation treatment operation, oil production steadily increased after each stage was completed, successfully boosting the production from the previously nonproducing horizontal well.
Location
Egypt, Africa
Details

Egypt
Abu Gharadig Basin

Lithology
Limestone
 
Well depth
11,740 ft [3,578 m]
 
Temperature
230 degF [110 degC]
 
Pressure
4,100 psi [28.3 MPa]
 
Horizontal section
2,000 ft [610 m]

Background
Khalda Petroleum Company needed to complete a stimulation treatment for a horizontal well in the Abu Gharadig field located in Khalda. During the operation, more than 6,000 bbl of treatment fluid was pumped and executed in different stages. Oil production steadily increased during each stage, from 780 bbl/d of oil after the mud wash stage, to 1,400 bbl/d after the matrix acid stimulation treatment with 2 million ft3 of gas, and 2,200 bbl/dafter the installation of a large choke.