Tight oil can be commercially recovered by horizontal well multistage fracturing. With the development of multistage fracturing tools, extended reach horizontal well could be a way to enhance unconventional tight oil economical efficiency. On the base of the study on Cardium formation, fracturing fluids were analyzed and slick water fracturing fluid was optimized. Frac port multistage fracturing string was studied and applied in pilot tests. Three extended reach horizontal wells with average 40 stages and 2954m horizontal length pilot tests were applied and studied. Comparison of well costs and production between extended reach horizontal wells and offset short horizontal wells were studied, extended horizontal reach wells get much more profits after six months producing when oil price above 101 CAD/bbl, and save 50% well construction costs and producing management costs.
The Najmah Shale, an organic-rich marl, is generally considered the primary source rock for hydrocarbons in Kuwait’s Jurassic and Cretaceous reservoirs. The purpose of this study was to estimate the original hydrocarbons in place (OHIP) and the geomechanical properties of the Najmah reservoir to aid in the design of a hydraulic fracture stimulation program in West Kuwait. An integrated petrophysical evaluation utilized conventional and sidewall core measurements, and standard and advanced open-hole logs were used to estimate net pay, porosity, oil saturation, and geomechanical properties. Formation evaluation of the Najmah Shale as a potential unconventional reservoir posed numerous challenges. These challenges included the ambiguous effects that high total organic carbon (TOC) has on conventional porosity logs and resistivity logs and the associated shale volume estimations. In this study, a probabilistic multi-mineral model was developed to more accurately assess the TOC of the rock and the associated porosity, saturation, and clay volume. Advanced well logs, including spectral gamma ray and elemental spectroscopy logs, were used to improve the mineralogical model of the complex formation. Routine core analysis, programmed pyrolysis, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses were used to verify and calibrate the multi-mineral model results. Since a dual-porosity system was present in the formation, the Simandoux saturation equation was used to evaluate the fluid saturations. Anisotropic horizontal stress profiles were developed for specific wells based on analysis of dipole sonic logs, resulting in a greater regional understanding of the target interval. Based on the results of the multi-mineral modeling, the average TOC of the Najmah Shale varies from well to well throughout West Kuwait, with values as high as 14.8%. The effective porosity of the Najmah Shale ranges from 1 to 8%. Water saturation is low for these organic-rich formations. Water zones may occur above or below the organic-rich interval depending on the location. The geomechanical properties of the Najmah Shale are conducive to hydraulic fracture stimulation, by analogy to proven productive shale plays. The Sargelu interval, below the Najmah Shale, exhibits distinctly higher minimum horizontal stress gradients while the limestone above the Najmah Shale presents a weaker stress barrier. The results of the probabilistic formation evaluation of the Najmah Shale indicated that a significant volume of hydrocarbons is present in the formation. The geomechanical properties of the Najmah and adjacent units are conducive to successful hydraulic fracture stimulation. The evaluation of water-bearing zones adjacent to the target formation is critical to the investigation of the formation’s stimulation potential.
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