This paper presents the results of design and field execution of sand control completions for Raven High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) gas field in Egypt. The reservoir contains stacked channel formation sands, that require sand control completions. The completions design is complicated due to combination of sand control and HPHT environment where industry has limited experience. The selected completions type was an Open Hole Gravel Pack (OHGP) with a pre-drilled liner. A series of lab testing has been conducted to design and qualify completions fluids. The lab test program included formation damage tests, shale stability tests under dynamic and static conditions, materials and fluids compatibility tests and others. The downhole completions hardware was specifically designed to allow effective displacement from oil based mud to completion brine fluid with subsequent gravel pack placement. The circulating gravel pack placement technique was selected using Cesium Formate brine as a gravel carrier fluid. The field installation campaign of the selected completions method is currently underway with 4 wells already successfully being completed. All completed wells demonstrated excellent well performance results with very low completions skin. The well flow-back and test results exceeded expectations, indicating the entire reservoir sand was contributing to flow, demonstrated greater than predicted Productivity Index (PI) with minimal skin damage. Sand control integrity was achieved with full gravel pack efficiency.

Giza Fayoum Completions was the second campaign of the West Nile Delta project. The campaign consisted of eight cased-hole gravel pack subsea wells. The Giza Fayoum campaign was sanctioned in August 2017 with an execution start date five months later. In this time, the well designs were finalized, downhole completion equipment manufactured, and the execution plan approved. A high rate water pack sand control technique was designed to deliver an estimated production rate of 120 MMscf/d / well. It was planned to deliver eight wells over a period of 5 months from Q1 2018 giving an average of two and a half weeks per well. Seven of the eight wells were cleaned up through a large bore completion landing string system. Each well was flowed to high rate temporary well test equipment installed on the DP semi-submersible rig to a gas rate of 65 MMscf/d, with PLT logs conducted. This successful, fast-paced campaign is the result of applying lessons learned from the former campaign; Taurus Libra and identifying additional efficiencies that would improve performance. The design similarities between the two campaigns permitted the team to extend the learning curve and deliver superb performance on Giza Fayoum. As for safety performance, the campaign was delivered without any lost time incident. A rigorous approach to continuous improvement resulted in reducing the completion time to 12 days per well (not including rig move, de-suspension and suspension activities). The optimized bean up procedures supported by PLT data made it possible to reduce greenhouse emissions by 20%. The sand control technique resulted in a significant reduction of total skins. Moreover, the team succeeded in delivering the wells safely, ahead of plan and under budget while adhering to BP's overarching strategy of delivering safe, compliant and reliable wells. The efficiencies, safety culture and technology used during this campaign are now being set as the standard for future campaigns in Egypt and beyond.