Perforations on target

Oilfield Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-37

  Bersås, Kjell ^a   Stenhaug, Morten ^a   Doornbosch, Fokko ^b   Langseth, Bjorn ^b   Fimreite, Helge ^c   Parrott, Bob ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Hydro ^*

^c Hydro Primary Metal Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVALUATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INVESTMENTS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SAND; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LOGGING WHILE DRILLING (LWD); OFFSET-WELL PERFORMANCE; PERFORATIONS; SAND PRODUCTION;

EXPLORATORY OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 3242658287     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Morton N: "Screening Out Sand," BP Frontiers, issue 2 (December 2001): 18-22.
2. Almaguer J, Manrique J, Wickramasuriya S, Habbtar A, López-de- Cárdenas JE, May D, McNally AC and Sulbarán A: "Orienting Perforations in the Right Direction," Oilfield Review 14, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 16-31.
3. Sulbarán AL, Carbonell RS and López-de-Cárdenas: "Oriented Perforating for Sand Prevention," paper SPE 57954, presented at the SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 31-June 1, 1999.
4. Benavides SP, Myers WD, Van Sickle EW and Vargervik K: "Advances in Horizontal Oriented Perforating," paper SPE 81051, presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, April 27-30, 2003.
5. Stenhaug M, Erichsen L, Doornbosch FHC and Parrott RA: "A Step Change in Perforating Technology Improves Productivity of Horizontal Wells In the North Sea," paper SPE 84910, presented at the SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference In Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 20-21, 2003.
6. Sulbarán et al, reference 3.
7. Stenhaug et al, reference 5.
8. Stenhaug et al, reference 5.
9. In this context, kill pill refers to a kill-weight fluid having a density sufficient to produce hydrostatic pressure greater than reservoir pressure, thereby shutting off flow of formation fluids into the wellbore.
10. Chang FF, Kageson-Loe NM, Walton IC, Mathisen AM and Svanes GS: "Perforating in Overbalance - Is It Really Sinful?," paper SPE 82203, presented at the SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 13-14, 2003.
11. American Petroleum Institute: publication API RP 19B (formerly RP 43): http://api-ep.api.org (accessed March 15, 2004).
12. For more on underbalanced perforating: Bakker E, Veeken K, Behrmann L, Milton P, Stirton S, Salsman A, Walton I, Stutz L and Underdown D: "The New Dynamics of Underbalanced Perforating," Oilfield Review 15, no. 4 (Winter 2003/2004): 54-67.
13. Bakker et al, reference 12.
14. Safety spacers are placed between the gun assembly and the firing head. This allows live guns to be loaded into or pulled from the hole, exposing personnel to only the firing head while explosive charges remain below the rig floor.