Unleashing the Power of Smart Particles for Completion Diagnostics:Advancing the Production Flow Profiling Technology with Sub-AtomicFingerprints and Big Data Analytics

摘要

Current multistage hydraulic fracturing operations in shale are costly,environmentally challenging andinefficient.Multistage hydraulic fracturing operations already represent close to 60% of the total drilling andcompletion cost for each shale well.The industry studies reported that based on data evaluated in multipleshale basins in North America alone that up to 50% of the clusters and stages do not produce in geometriccompletion design.Shale E&P operators need more accurate,cost-efficient,timely and actionable data onthe performance of individual fracturing stages and intra-well communication to enable improved decision-making and optimization of multistage hydraulic fracturing and completion strategy,as well as overall fielddevelopment.This paper will describe a revolutionary smart tracer portfolio testing and design for multistage hydraulicfracturing stimulation.The technology enables the next generation of smart tracers coupled with advancedsub-atomic measurements that significantly reduce the completion cost and double the efficiency of thehydraulic fracturing treatments.An automated process with stringent quality control assured precise traceraddition onsite and provided accurate and actionable completion diagnostics results at fraction of the costfor high-cost measurements(e.g.,PLT,DTS & DAS).The integration of smart tracer portfolio with intelligent-completion diagnostics for E&P customerenabled by performance-flow-profile data.This data used to optimize completion strategies,achieve optimalproduction per foot,and reduce completion cost.Follow-up big-data analytics and 3D fracture-modelingdelivered accurate,calibrated,actionable,and cost-effective completion-diagnostics results.Since tracerdata are captured over several months,E&P operators are captured access to continuous flow profiling datato optimize well performance routinely when new completion-diagnostics results are received.This willenable E&P operators to significantly reduce operating cost and optimize production in shale wells.