Quality control of fracturing materials in RN-Yuganskneftegaz LLC

Authors: A.N. Nikitin, V.A. Kuznecov, I.D.Latypov, A.K. Makatrov (RN-UfaNIPIneft LLC, RF, Ufa), S.S. Sitdikov (Rosneft Oil Company OJSC, RF, Moscow)

Key words: hydraulic fracturing, proppant, fracture conductivity, proppant pack.

The article is devoted to an assessment of properties of applied fracturing materials, to the analysis of results and detection of regularities for control of quality of applied materials and to increase efficiency of fracturing in RN-Yuganskneftegaz LLC.

References

1. API RP 61: 1989, Rekomenduemaya metodika otsenki ispytaniy na kratkosrochnuyu provodimost' pachki rasklinivayushchego materiala. Obshchee vvedenie (Recommended practice for evaluating short term proppant pack conductivity), 01.10.1989, 21 p.

2. ISO 13503-5-2006, Promyshlennost' neftyanaya i gazovaya. Rastvory i materialy dlya zakachivaniya skvazhin. Chast' 5. Metodika izmereniya dolgosrochnoy provodimosti rasklinivayushchikh napolniteley. Obshchee vvedenie (Petroleum and natural gas industries. Completion fluids and materials, Part 5: Procedures for measuring the long-term conductivity of proppants), 01.10.2006, 31 p.

3. Cobb S.L., Farrell J.J., Evaluation of long-term proppant stability, SPE 14133.

4. Much M.G., Penny G.S., Long-term performance of proppants under simulated reservoir conditions, SPE 16415.


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