Practical Steps To Increase Production and Reserves in Mature Gas Fields:
Hugoton and Panoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA

Lisigurski, Omar; Rowe, Gregory

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“…Approximately 34 Tcf (963 billion cubic meters) of dry gas have already been recovered over a 70-year period from the Kansas and Oklahoma portions of the field, so infrastructure for additional recovery is well established (Dubois et al, 2006). Estimates of remaining reserves for two of the most prolific counties, Grant and Stevens County in Kansas, approach 8 Tcf (227 billion cubic meters), but further recovery has been prevented to date because remaining reserves are in low permeability, differentially depleted carbonate members (Dubois et al, 2006;Lisigurski and Rowe, 2006).…”

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Characterization of small scale heterogeneity to predict acid fracture performance

Oeth¹,

Hill²,

Zhu³

et al. 2013

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

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Characterization of small scale heterogeneity to predict acid fracture performance

Oeth¹,

Hill²,

Zhu³

et al. 2013

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

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“…Nonetheless, it is often necessary to re-perforate formations prior to re-fracturing operations (Olsen, 1991;and Lisigurski and Rowe, 2006). Only a limited number of factors can be 100% directly controlled during a typical fracture treatment.…”

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Hydraulic Fracturing Makes the Difference: New Life for Old Fields

Martín¹,

Rylance²

2010

Proceedings of North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition

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An increasing percentage of worldwide hydrocarbon production is being achieved from mature fields, as new discoveries prove elusive and technically challenging to bring to market. In this environment, robust and efficient enhanced recovery from these mature assets will play an increasingly important role in production operations. Often used as an initial completion approach or selective remedial stimulation method, hydraulic fracturing is increasingly applied as the method of choice to bolster and improve such declining fields to restore and maintain higher production levels.Hydraulic fracturing is finding increasing application as a widespread approach to mature field redevelopment. This paper will explore the various factors that should be considered when proposing hydraulic fracturing for this purpose, given the very specific nature and condition of mature fields.Techniques that can be applied to determine various aspects of mature field fracturing operations will be discussed, together with approaches related to all areas of fracturing implementation; this will provide the reader with an ability to perform a first-pass assessment of the pros and cons of various approaches. In addition, there will be significant discussion related to the potential pitfalls associated with ill-prepared and inappropriate campaigns.Case histories will provided examples of mature field redevelopment utilising hydraulic fracturing as the principal approach. Candidate selection and pre-and post-frac production behaviour will be discussed, together with the lessons learned and improvements realised during the execution of these programmes.

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“…production tubing along with automated unloading programs. 37,38 Challenges are also faced in areas such as the Wilcox formation in south Texas where Y-type completions 39 (see respectively.…”

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Design of a High-Pressure Research Flow Loop for the Experimental Investigation of Liquid Loading in Gas Wells

Fernández

Falcone

Teodoriu

2009

Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

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Liquid loading in producing gas wells is the inability of the produced gas to remove produced liquids from the wellbore. A review of existing flow loops worldwide revealed that specialized areas of research such as liquid loading in gas wells are still lacking dedicated test facilities. This project presents the design of a new dedicated facility to be located at the TowerLab at the Richardson building with adequate operating conditions to reproduce the flow regimes encountered prior to and after the onset of liquid loading in gas wells. The facility consists of a compressed air system, pipelines for air and water, a pressure vessel containing glass beads, an injection manifold, and flow control and monitoring devices. Our results show that three compressors working in parallel is the most technical and economic configuration for the TowerLab based on the overall costs provided by the supplier, the footprint but most importantly the flexibility. The design of the pressure vessel required a cylindrical body with top and bottom welded-flat head covers with multiple openings to minimize its weight. The pipelines connecting major equipment and injection manifold located at the pressure vessel were selected based on the superficial velocities for air and water. These values also showed the need for independent injection using two manifolds instead of commingling flow through a tee joint. The use of digital pressure gauges with an accuracy of 0.05 to 25% and coriolis or vortex meters to measure air flowrate is also suggested. For the water line, installation of turbine meters results in the most economic approach. iv DEDICATION To my parents, sister and my entire family, for their unlimited support and encouragement throughout this work v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisors Dr. Gioia Falcone and Dr. Catalin Teodoriu for giving me the opportunity to be a part of their team and this project, for their encouragement to learn and to provide meaningful results. Their knowledge and suggestions were fundamental throughout this work. Thanks also go to the gas well unloading group: He Zhang, Gopi Chava, Meher Surendra, Han-Young Park and Fouad Solomon for being such a great team to work with. Thank you to my very good friends, Jerome Rajnauth and Arnaldo Espinel with whom I shared not only knowledge but most importantly created a good friendship. I would also like to thank the department faculty and staff for making my time at Texas

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Practical Steps To Increase Production and Reserves in Mature Gas Fields: Hugoton and Panoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA

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Characterization of small scale heterogeneity to predict acid fracture performance

Characterization of small scale heterogeneity to predict acid fracture performance

Hydraulic Fracturing Makes the Difference: New Life for Old Fields

Design of a High-Pressure Research Flow Loop for the Experimental Investigation of Liquid Loading in Gas Wells

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