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Deviated Well Fracturing and Proppant Production Control in the Prudhoe Bay Field

1992; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2118/24858-ms

João Paulo Martins, J.C. Abel, C. G. Dyke, Christine Michel, Graham Stewart,

Oil and Gas Production Techniques

ABSTRACT Over 300 hydraulic fracturing operations have been performed at Prudhoe Bay. The available data have been analysed to examine the effects of well deviation and azimuth on fracture treating pressures, job placement success and, most importantly of all, post-frac well performance. Clear conclusions emerge. Proppant production is an expensive problem at Prudhoe Bay. Factors affecting proppant production are examined, together with the results of a field evaluation of Resin Coated proppant.