Geomechanics Analyses of the Crestal Region of an Omani Gas Field

Winterfeld, Claus von; Babajan, Salar; Amer, Aimen; Marsden, Robert

doi:10.2523/iptc-10231-ms

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“…They claimed that a program based on plastic analysis would be better and more compatible with the ductile lithologies. Similar results were reported by Russell et al (2003) andvon Winterfeld et al (2005). Aadnoy et al (2007) imitated wellbore by hollow concrete cores and, through experiments, they found that the linear elastic model underestimates four to eight times the fracture pressure measured on hollow concrete cores.…”

Section: A Mud Weight Window Investigation Based On the Mogi-coulomb supporting

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A Mud Weight Window Investigation Based on the Mogi-Coulomb Failure Criterion and Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Model

Mirzaghorbanali

Afshar

2011

Petroleum Science and Technology

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A Mud Weight Window Investigation Based on the Mogi-Coulomb Failure Criterion and Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Model

Mirzaghorbanali

Afshar

2011

Petroleum Science and Technology

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“…Over electrical borehole image logs these features can range between borehole breakouts and drilling induced fractures (Amer & Alexander, 2005;Cesaro et al, 2000). Over vertical wells the borehole breakouts would indicate the minimum horizontal stress direction (Shmin), whereas the drilling induced fractures will indicate the maximum horizontal stress direction (SHmax) (von Winterfeld et al, 2005). Caliper and sonic logs, on the other hand, can only detect one of the in-situ horizontal stresses.…”

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Structures and Tectonics of Kuwait

Naqi

Amer²

2022

Regional Geology Reviews

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Despite the surface geology of Kuwait appears to be scarce and most of the country is covered with Quaternary deposits except for a few outcrops of Oligo-Miocene to Pleistocene age, the subsurface geology of Kuwait is quite unique and astonishing. The discovery of hydrocarbon in Kuwait at the beginning of the last century helped geologists to better understand the structural geology of Kuwait especially by utilizing geophysical methods such as potential field methods (e.g., gravity and magnetic) and seismic reflection. Being part of the Arabian Peninsula, the structural geology of Kuwait shares many of the Arabian Peninsula structural trends. The dominant N-S trending structures of the Arabian Plate are manifested in the Kuwait Arch which is one of the major structures of the country where many of the oil and gas oil fields are associated with. Other dominant structural trends of the Arabian Plate such as NE-SW and NW–SE are resembled in Kuwait as Jal Az-Zor and Dibdibah Trough, respectively. Paleo- and in-situ stress analysis is an important subject for oil and gas exploration, and many studies have been commissioned to better understand them in most of the Kuwaiti fields. The present-day in-situ stress in Kuwait is oriented NE-SW resembling the current tectonic setting of the region due to the collision of the Arabian Plate with the Eurasia Plate since the Oligocene. This chapter will present a thorough review of the previous studies discussing the surface and subsurface structural geology of Kuwait.

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Maximising ESP Uptime in Forties Field—Introducing Successful Frac Packs to the North Sea

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fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractThis paper demonstrates, via a comprehensively described recent case history, the transfer of established completion technology into the North Sea. Further, in performing the process the technique has been successfully extended beyond its normal criteria of application.Today artificial lift in the Forties Field is provided by a large number of electric submersible pumps (ESPs) lifting from shale inter-bedded sandstone sequences. Overall production is affected by the achieved ESP run-life in a field where sand-face failure is not uncommon. ESP failure in the Forties Delta well FD5-1 was found to be due to pack-off from a high proportion of fine shale/siltstone in addition to formation sand. Although simultaneous fracturing and gravel packing are commonly performed in other hydrocarbon producing regions none had been directed at controlling the mechanism of flowing shales and/or claystones.The well intervention was designed to protect the ESP from shale or sand grain production and provide minimal impairment to well productivity. Both objectives were achieved by increasing the formation face area for inflow and in so doing physically support the formation face in the first such frac and pack treatment executed in the UK Sector of the North Sea. ESP protection was achieved and subsequent well productivity was show to be minimally affected by the presence of the gravel pack.This case history describes the formation failure mechanism; the detailed corrective well intervention and the resulting well productivity in bring well FD5-1 successfully back into full production up-time.

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Geomechanics Analyses of the Crestal Region of an Omani Gas Field

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A Mud Weight Window Investigation Based on the Mogi-Coulomb Failure Criterion and Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Model

A Mud Weight Window Investigation Based on the Mogi-Coulomb Failure Criterion and Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Model

Structures and Tectonics of Kuwait

Maximising ESP Uptime in Forties Field—Introducing Successful Frac Packs to the North Sea

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