Drilling & Completion News

Ensco orders sixth Samsung DP3 drillship for Q3 2014 delivery

Ensco has ordered an advanced-capability, ultra-deepwater drillship to be built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea.

The vessel, ENSCO DS-8, will be the sixth Samsung DP3 drillship in the Ensco fleet. It is scheduled for delivery in Q3 2014. The contract also includes options for two additional drillships of the same design.

Consistent with the previous five Samsung ultra-deepwater drillships ordered since 2007, the new unit will have advanced capabilities to meet the demands of ultra-deepwater drilling in water depths up to 12,000 ft and a total vertical drilling depth of 40,000 ft.

New features include retractable thrusters, enhanced safety and environmental features, improved dynamic positioning capabilities and advanced drilling and completion functionality, including below-main-deck riser storage, triple fluid systems, offline conditioning capability and enhanced client and third-party facilities.

Petrobras confirms Tupi Northeast discovery, expands exploration with BP in four blocks

Petrobras has confirmed the discovery of oil in the Tupi Northeast, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The well, 1-BRSA-976-RJS, is northeast of the Lula field, at a water depth of 2,131 meters and 255 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

The discovery was confirmed by 26° API oil samples, collected from 4,960 meters. An oil column with more than 290 meters in thickness has been identified in the pre-salt carbonate reservoirs.

Petrobras also has a floating, production, storage and offloading vessel, BW Cidade de São Vicente, in the Iracema area (Block BM-S-11) of the Santos Basin. The platform was connected to well RJS-647 at a water depth of 2,212 meters.

The platform will operate for about six months to gather data on the behavior of the reservoirs and the oil flow in the subsea lines. The information will support the development of the final production system, expected to start operations at the end of 2014.

In exploration, BP has been approved to explore four blocks with Petrobras: BM-BAR-3 and BM-BAR-5 in the Barreirinhas basin and BM-CE-1 and BM-CE-2 in the Ceará Basin.

ONRR bills $4 million for BSEE rig inspections

The US Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) has billed a total of $4,091,100 for the inspection of drilling rigs in Q1 of fiscal year (FY) 2012, specifically billing $1,397,100 in October 2011, $1,447,200 in November and $1,246,800 in December. An estimated 111 oil and gas operating companies were retroactively billed by ONRR in January 2012 after the agency received the authority to do so from Congress.

According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) NTL 2012-N02, lessees and operators have been informed that ONRR will be collecting inspection fees on behalf of BSEE, covering all bottom-founded structures, floating production facilities and drilling rigs. The NTL took effect as of
1 October 2011.

BSEE’s statistics show that 3,964 rigs on the US Outer Continental Shelf were inspected in Q1 FY12. The average weekly number of rigs and non-rig units conducting well operations was 81 in the Gulf of Mexico and 18 in the Pacific region. The Alaska region currently has one federal/state production operation and no drilling activities.

All rigs are inspected on a monthly basis.

Latshaw unveils 1,700-hp diesel-electric/SCR rig

Latshaw unveils 1,700-hp diesel-electric/SCR rig

Latshaw Drilling Co recently added Rig 18 to its fleet. The rig is a 1,700-hp diesel-electric/SCR rig with a 500-ton AC top drive unit and is skiddable for multiwell pad drilling. The rig recently moved to its first location in New Mexico and will be drilling multiple wells from the same pad, with laterals up to 10,000 ft long. The company is now building Rig 19, a 1,500-hp SCR top drive, skiddable rig with 1,600-hp mud pumps that are rated to 7,500 psi.

Ocean Rig receives Letter of Award for deepwater ship

Ocean Rig UDW received a Letter of Award in April for its ultra-deepwater drillship Ocean Rig Olympia from a major oil company. The Letter of Award is for a three-year contract for drilling offshore West Africa.

The contract is expected to commence in continuation of the Ocean Rig Olympia’s existing contract in West Africa. With this contract, Ocean Rig does not have any rigs available in 2012.

Eni starts production offshore Norway, makes discovery in Mozambique

Eni started production in April from the Marulk field in the Norwegian offshore, about 80 km from the coast. The Marulk field is the first that Eni has directly operated in Norway and is part of the PL122 license held by Eni (20%) with Statoil (50%) and DONG Energy (30%).

Marulk is a gas and condensate field, with estimated reserves of 74.7 million bbls of oil equivalent and produces 20,000 boed.

Separately, Eni recently discovered natural gas in Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Mamba North East 1 exploration prospect. The results of this well, drilled in the Eastern part of Area 4, increases the resource base of Area 4 by at least 10 trillion cu ft (Tcf).

The discovery improves the potential of the Mamba complex in Area 4 offshore Mozambique, now estimated to have at least 40 Tcf of gas in place.

Eni plans to drill at least four more wells this year in nearby structures to fully assess the upside potential of the Mamba Complex.

Tullow exploratory, appraisal wells strike oil in Kenya

Tullow Oil has encountered in excess of 20 meters of net oil pay in its Ngamia-1 exploration well in Kenya.

The well, in the Turkana County of Kenya Block 10BB, was drilled to an intermediate depth of 1,041 meters and has been successfully logged and sampled. Movable oil with an API rating of more than 30° has been recovered.

The Ngamia structure is the first prospect to be tested as part of a multi-well drilling campaign in Kenya and Ethiopia.

In March, Tullow’s Enyenra-4A appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana encountered oil in sandstone reservoirs. The Owo-1 discovery wells and the Enyenra appraisal well confirm the extent of the Enyenra light oil field.

Results of drilling, wireline logs, samples of reservoir fluids and pressure data show that Enyenra-4A has intersected 32 meters of net oil pay. Pressure data from the oil leg indicates a continuous oil column of approximately 600 meters.

Talisman Energy finds light oil in Kurdamir-2 well

Talisman Energy confirmed the presence of light oil at the Kurdamir-2 well in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq in March.

The well flowed at unstimulated rates of 7.3 mmcf/d of natural gas and 950 bbls/day of oil and condensate, with no indications of water and no observed decline.

The Kurdamir-2 well is a re-drill of the Kurdamir-1 gas/condensate discovery well, 2 km away, which was drilled in 2009 but not completed.

Keppel wins contract to build jackup based on LeTourneau design for Perforadora Central

Keppel AmFELS won a contract to build another repeat jackup rig for Perforadora Central.

Keppel AmFELS has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central to build a repeat jackup rig.

Slated for delivery in Q1 2014, the latest high-specification unit will be based on the LeTourneau Super 116E design with leg lengths of 511 ft and the capability to drill wells up to 30,000 ft in a water depth of up to 375 ft.

Keppel AmFELS completed Tonala, an ultra-premium KFELS B Class jackup rig for Perforadora Central in 2004, followed by Tuxpan, a LeTourneau S116E rig in 2010.

Perforadora Central ordered the Papaloapan jackup in March 2011, and it is under construction and on track for delivery in Q1 2013.

“We have endured the post-Macondo challenges well,” Tan Geok Seng, president of Keppel AmFELS, said. “Having recently secured the Ocean Onyx semisubmersible major upgrade and a series of repairs, this newbuild jackup adds to a healthy workload through Q1 2014.”

Apache expands production in Faghur Basin, Egypt

 Apache Corp recently received approval of seven new development leases in the Faghur Basin, which enables the company to add 5,200 bbl/day of production in Egypt’s Western Desert.

Neilos-2, Apache’s latest Faghur Basin well, test-flowed 6,301 bbls of oil and 4.2 MMcf of gas per day. The well, 0.8 km north from the Neilos-1X discovery, was drilled to appraise the north flank of the Neilos Field and logged 33 ft of net pay in the Jurassic Safa reservoir.

BRS begins to drill its first well in Italy’s Po Valley

BRS Resources announced in March that drilling has commenced on its first well. Located in Italy’s Po Valley, it is a development well in a partially depleted field where 3D seismic technology was used to identify remaining natural gas reserves.

“Using conventional drilling techniques, it will be drilled to a total depth of approximately 6,500 ft (2,000 meters),” Steve Moore, president and CEO of BRS, said. “We have employed state-of-the-art technology to target the reserves and have minimal impact.”

US Interior Department initiates system to accelerate permits, leases

US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently unveiled initiatives to expedite the development of domestic energy resources on US public lands and Indian trust lands in the Dakotas, Montana and other states.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will implement new automated tracking systems that aim to reduce the review period for drilling permits by two-thirds and to expedite the sale and process of federal oil and gas leases. The system will track permit applications through the review process and flag missing or incomplete information to reduce the back-and-forth between BLM and industry applicants currently needed to amend paper applications.

BLM expects to process 5,500 applications for permits to drill in fiscal year 2012.

Helix completes West African intervention campaign

Helix Well Ops UK’s Well Enhancer mono-hull intervention vessel has completed West Africa’s first well intervention campaign.

Helix Well Ops UK has completed a three-month campaign for West Africa’s first well intervention work and subsea well operations conducted from a mono-hull intervention vessel.

Operating the 132-meter (433-ft) long Well Enhancer, Helix performed a subsea tree change-out, well suspensions, well maintenance and production enhancement on seven wells in water depths up to 471 meters (1,545 ft). The project represents the deepest operation conducted from Well Enhancer since it joined the fleet in 2009.

Well Enhancer marks the emergence of mono-hull-based well intervention services in the region. Intervention programs delivered from mono-hull vessels can provide operational and cost benefits to operators.

“Because Well Enhancer deploys more quickly than a rig and is designed specifically for well intervention work, she reduces down time and helps operators return as quickly as possible to their business of oil and gas production,” Steve Nairn, Helix Well Ops regional vice president of Europe and Africa, said.

North Atlantic confirms order of harsh-environment semi

North Atlantic Drilling has entered a turnkey construction contract with Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for the construction of a new harsh-environment semisubmersible drilling rig.

The rig will be of a Moss CS60 design, N-Class compliant and be fully winterized.

BG Group begins first production from the Gaupe

BG Group has begun production from the Gaupe field in the Norwegian North Sea. With estimated gross recoverable reserves of approximately 30 million bbls of oil equivalent, production from Gaupe is expected to reach a plateau production rate of around 15,000 boed in Q3 this year.

Anadarko encounters natural gas in Mozambique

Anadarko Petroleum’s Barquentine-4 appraisal well proved successful offshore Mozambique, the company said in April. The well in Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin encountered approximately 525 net ft (160 meters) of natural gas pay and became the Anadarko partnership’s ninth successful well in the complex.

In March, the company achieved oil production at the Caesar/Tonga development in the Green Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Production from Caesar/Tonga, with an estimated resource base of 200 million to 400 million bbls of oil equivalent, is expected to ramp up to approximately 45,000 boed from the first three subsea wells.

Atwood awarded contract for newbuild jackup

Atwood awarded contract for newbuild jackup

Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a contract by Salamander Energy (Bualuang) for the newbuild jackup Atwood Mako. The award is for a firm duration of 12 months for work offshore Thailand. The rig is under construction with PPL Shipyard in Singapore.

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Drilling & Completion Tech Digest

Single bit drills intermediate section of Tattoo field

Single bit drills intermediate section of Tattoo field

A single Ulterra polycrystalline diamond compact bit has drilled the entire intermediate section of the Tattoo field in Northwest Canada. An 8.5-in. (216-mm) U513M drilled both the vertical and build sections with the same bottomhole assembly, saving the operator two trips and $570,000 compared with the average of six section offsets in the field in March.

U513M maintains high instantaneous rates of penetration required in the drill-out, as well as the ability to aggressively build angle with tool face control.

Darcy installs downhole sand control system

Darcy Technologies recently installed its next-generation sand control system about 1,000 ft below the surface.

Darcy Technologies recently completed the first downhole installation of its next-generation sand control system following the success of a robust system integrity test in Aberdeen, which was supported by several global operators and an international oilfield service company.

Darcy’s sand control system was run from a land rig integrating it with standard third-party completion accessories to make up the full sand face completion system. The system was placed on depth and set into a variable wellbore some 1,000 ft below the surface.

The system’s construction and high collapse resistance provides a solution for low pressure, shallow and heavy oil reservoirs. The solution can be used in remote or environmentally sensitive locations because gravel pack fluids, pumping equipment, installation and excess personnel are eliminated from the process, and its modular design is integrated with common completion equipment.

The system’s activation by applying pressure from surface eliminates the time, effort and cost of gravel pack completions.

CNPC, Shell sign China’s first shale gas PSC

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and Shell China have signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) for shale gas exploration, development and production in the Fushun-Yongchuan block in the Sichuan Basin.

Subject to government approval, this is the first shale gas PSC signed in China. The contract area covers approximately 3,500 sq km. Shell will apply its technology, expertise and experience.

“We are delighted about this new milestone in our strategic cooperation with CNPC. China has huge shale gas potential, and we are committed to making a contribution in bringing that potential into reality,” Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, said.

Service diagnoses drilling challenges ahead of time

A new Baker Hughes service identifies potential drilling issues before they occur by pinpointing similar case histories in real time using a global library of drilling practices and expert advice to provide operators with suggestions on how to respond or take corrective actions while drilling.

WellLink Radar Remote Drilling Advisory Service is an integrated solution that uses case-based reasoning and event detection. It leverages Verdande Technology’s DrillEdge software to reduce uncertainty, minimize nonproductive time and increase safety. The service allows for the remote monitoring of multiple wells simultaneously and enhances drilling efficiency.

At-bit inclination technology optimizes well placement

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company, recently introduced the iPZIG at-bit inclination, gamma ray and imaging service. iPZIG helps optimize well placement in target zones through early bed boundary detection.

Developed for unconventional oil and gas markets and high-efficiency drilling applications, the iPZIG service allows for greater directional control and accuracy while drilling versus conventional technologies, with sensors placed directly behind the drill bit. Using data from the iPZIG service, changes in lithology and bottomhole assembly orientation are quickly identified.

ABB to supply vessel with DC-based power grid

ABB recently won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first direct-current (DC) power grid onboard a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform support vessel, under construction in Norway, to operate at the highest energy efficiency level to minimize emissions.

The Onboard DC Grid will allow vessels to cut fuel consumption and emissions by up to 20%

The May/June issue of Drilling Contractor featured coverage of the 2012 OTC Spotlight on New Technology Awards. This article can be found in its entirety here.

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Baker Oil Tools Sets Deepwater Record for Horizontal Gravel Pack Completion

HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 3, 1999) - Baker Oil Tools set a new deepwater record off the coast of Brazil for the successful completion of a subsea horizontal gravel pack, at a water depth of 3,248 ft.

Using a semisubmersible floating rig, the well was completed with an 8 1/2-in. open-hole horizontal gravel pack having a lateral length of 1,673 ft.

The well was drilled to a total depth (TD) of 11,460 ft using Baker Hughes INTEQ's PERFFLOW™ drill-in fluid to prevent formation damage and provide formation stability for successful hole cleaning and gravel packing procedures.

Baker Oil Tools' EXCLUDER™ Extended Longevity Well Screen provided mechanical robustness and plugging resistance as over 37,400 lbs of sand was packed into the horizontal section. The sand was pumped at a rate of 9.1 bpm with sand concentration of 1.1 lb/gal, resulting in gravel placement of 133%. Using the PERFFLOW fluids system and hole cleaning procedures allowed successful well production with no post-job acid required.

Baker Oil Tools is a world leader in total completion, workover, and fishing solutions that help exploration and production companies optimize their hydrocarbon recovery investment.

Baker Oil Tools solutions are based on advanced downhole and surface technology, practically applied, to help operators produce at the highest levels and the lowest cost throughout the life of the reservoir.

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Petrobras' First Intelligent Completion System Goes To Baker Oil Tools

HOUSTON, TEXAS (October 2, 2000) Baker Oil Tools has been awarded Petrobras' first-ever Intelligent Completion System contract. Ultimately intended for the Brazilian operator's ultra-deepwater Roncador field, Baker Oil Tools InCharge Intelligent Well System was selected over other offerings due to its simplicity and all-electronic design, incorporating a one-penetration approach and a power-on-communications architecture that will require little to no retrofit of existing subsea trees. The first qualification deployment of the InCharge system will take place at Mossor, near Natal, Brazil, at the beginning of the next year.

"Baker Oil Tools is very excited to participate with Petrobras in this deepwater milestone," said Baker Oil Tools President Ed Howell. "The all-electronic InCharge system is an ideal fit with Petrobras' objectives of reliability and elimination of hydraulics from subsea dynamic systems," Howell commented.

All-electronic system enhances reliability

"For an intelligent completion system to deliver on its functionality, it must be engineered as an integral part of the completion system. This means a detailed focus on reliability in all phases of the implementation, from design through deployment, integration and commissioning," Howell explained. The InCharge all-electronic real-time monitoring and control system has been designed with all terminations, bypasses, feedthroughs, and splices engineered within reliable, conventional completion components. "This allows operators to achieve downhole monitoring and control without compromising proven completion designs and techniques," Howell said.

One aspect of the InCharge system that is particularly valuable to subsea operators is the single control line that penetrates packers and wellhead. Combining power transmission, command and control, and data transmission on a single, 1/4-inch penetration delivers simplicity without sacrificing functionality. From this control line, the operator can monitor and control up to 12 zones in a single well, and up to 12 wells from a single InCharge Surface Control System.

The InCharge system monitors real-time measurements of pressure, temperature and flow at the sandface level(s), in both the tubing and annulus. This enables the operator to manage production and/or injection conditions in real time, and to selectively control individual zonal flow rates, thereby allowing continuous well optimization in response to changing conditions downhole. Flow contribution can be properly allocated, water and gas breakthrough can be controlled, and multiple target zones can be pre-completed to be selectively brought onstream or shut off at will from the PC-based control system.

World's first electrical wet disconnect tool

Petrobras early 2001 qualification deployment of the InCharge system will employ the world's first downhole electrical disconnect/reconnect system. Based on Baker's hydraulic wet disconnect system (also a world first), the system enables downhole electrical connectivity that is compatible with proven hydraulic/mechanical techniques routinely used in state-of-the-art deepwater tubing space-out, expansion/contraction, and stress management systems.

Baker Oil Tools is a world leader in total completion, workover, and fishing solutions that help exploration and production companies optimize their hydrocarbon recovery investment. Baker Oil Tools solutions are based on advanced downhole and surface technology, practically applied, to help operators produce at the highest levels and the lowest cost throughout the life of the reservoir.

Baker Hughes (BHI, NYSE, PCX, EBS) is a leading supplier of reservoir-centered products, services, and systems to the worldwide oil and gas industry.

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Chinese Operator Slashes 60% Off Development Cost with Mini-Beta One-Trip Multi-Zone Completion System

HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 26, 2000) – China's Bohai Oil Corporation cites Baker Oil Tools' Mini-Beta One-Trip Multi-Zone Completion System for helping slash completion time per well by up to 66% and total development cost by more than 60% in its JZ93 Bohai Bay field. The Mini-Beta system, which was used to complete 30 of 47 wells in the JZ93 Bohai Bay field, enabled the operator to individually frac pack or gravel pack four zones in as few as 2.4 days.

"Even with the relatively inexpensive costs in the Bohai Bay area, the use of the Mini-Beta One-Trip Multi-Zone Gravel Pack System resulted in saving more than $2.5 million US in rig time for the wells that were completed during this project," said Liang Yue Liu, Design Manager, for Bohai Oil. The savings figure was based on rig time valued at $40,000 per day. As a result of the success of this project, Bohai Oil awarded the completion of all 186 wells in its SZ36-2 Bohai Bay field to Baker Oil Tools. That contract is valued at $15 million.

Big rewards without sacrifice

The Mini-Beta System combines Baker's field proven CK-FRAQ crossover tool technology with one-trip multi-zone expertise to allow multiple producing intervals to be gravel- or fracpacked with a single trip into the wellbore. Each interval can be treated individually while maintaining complete zonal isolation during all steps of the treatment. In addition to multiple producing intervals, the system is particularly well suited for areas where the producing formation is layered and subsequently difficult to treat as one complete interval. These layered reservoirs can be short or extremely long. To work in these varying lengths, the Mini-Beta System is adjustable for interval spacing, including intervals as close together as 28 ft (8.5 m). As a result, layered reservoirs of any length can now be treated quickly and efficiently.

"All of these attributes offer users of the Mini-Beta System the opportunity to reap big savings in rig time and cost without having to sacrifice production time or quality," said Carroll Newman, Baker Oil Tools Product Line Manager for Stimulation and Pumping Services. Newman pointed out that one particular advantage of the system is the ability to optimize technology vessel logistics so that pumping operations on all zones can be completed without operation standby.

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CMP<font size="-1">^™</font> Defender - New Completion Tool Prevents Fluid Loss During Sand Control Operations

HOUSTON, TEXAS (July 29, 2003) – A new completion component from Baker Oil Tools improves performance on frac pack and gravel pack operations by saving time and preventing fluid loss that can impair well productivity. The new tool, the CMP™ Defender sliding sleeve, has been run successfully in the Gulf of Mexico in both deepwater and shelf operations.

Improving on Traditional Completion Systems

A common completion practice in Gulf of Mexico frac packed and gravel packed wells is the incorporation of a concentric string inside the sand control screen. A mechanical sliding sleeve built into the concentric string is opened with the sand control service tools to provide returns during gravel placement and then closed to control fluid loss as the service tools are removed from the well. After installing the upper well completion, slickline or coiled tubing intervention is required to open an additional mechanical sliding sleeve to allow production.

The CMP Defender sliding sleeve saves time and reduces fluid loss compared to these earlier methods by allowing the well to be brought on production without slickline or coiled tubing intervention.

Advantages of CMP Defender Sleeve

The CMP Defender Sliding Sleeve's improved performance is the result of several innovative design features. The CMP tool is a high-performance, pressure-equalizing, non-elastomeric sliding sleeve with a spring-loaded external housing. In the run-in position, the tool provides positive isolation and pressure containment. A traditional mechanical sliding sleeve run below the CMP provides for returns during gravel placement and fluid loss control after packing.

Once the upper well completion is installed in the hole, a single, remote application of surface tubing pressure releases the CMP tool's outer housing. As the applied pressure is bled off, the spring-loaded housing shifts open to allow the well to produce. By opening when pressure is bled off, the CMP Defender sleeve can be used for multi-zone completions, with only one tool required per zone. After actuation, the CMP Defender Sliding Sleeve can be mechanically manipulated to control production from the well, if required.

Shelf and Deepwater/Subsea Completions

Two recent completions successfully utilized the CMP Defender sleeve on wells operated by Devon Energy Corporation, one a shelf completion and the other a deepwater subsea completion using Baker Oil Tools' InForce™ Intelligent Well System (IWS). Both wells involved dual zones and required fluid loss control and isolation devices that opened from surface.

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Baker Hughes Awarded Horizontal Well Completion Contract for China Gas Field

HOUSTON, TX – June 8, 2010 – PetroChina recently awarded Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) a contract to supply 77 multistage openhole fracture completion systems for horizontal wells in the tight gas sands of the Changquing Field, China's second largest onshore oil and gas field. Baker Hughes was awarded the one-year contract based on successful deployment of its Frac-Point™ technology in the Sulige gas field last year.

PetroChina is expanding its horizontal well, multistage fracturing activities to increase gas production from the tight gas sands in the Changquing Field. Characterized by low permeability, low pressure and low yields, reserve recovery from Changquing is technically complex – requiring innovations like multistage fracture completions to overcome the geologic challenges. Baker Hughes will provide Frac-Point systems for three-quarters of the total 102-well horizontal drilling program.

"We successfully deployed Frac-Point at the Sulige Field after other companies had limited success," says Richard Ward, president of Asia Pacific operations for Baker Hughes. "Based on this achievement, PetroChina chose Frac-Point for the majority of these difficult completions in the Changquing Field."

The Frac-Point system uses specially designed short-radius, openhole packers and frac sleeves to isolate intervals of a horizontal section and pinpoint fracture treatment placement. The one-trip system allows the fracture treatments for each section to be pumped on the same day, eliminating the expense of mobilizing and demobilizing pumping equipment. Frac-Point improves overall production by providing greater control of the frac treatment along the entire length of the horizontal lateral.

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