Smart well technology allows production acceleration from multiple completions and value realization from otherwise marginal reservoirs. Critical to the success of a smart well completion targeting more than one reservoir is the proper design selection and reservoir isolation to prevent cross flow. This case study describes the selection of a suitable gas well design from different available options, the considerations made in the design selection which incorporated the different completion components, one of the components being the feed-through swell packers which is its first use in the company, to achieve reservoir isolation. The paper also describes the execution of the selected completion design in one of the cases, as well as the testing of the well to verify reservoir isolation, and confirm the effectiveness of the feed-through swell packer. The selected completion design was cost effective, reduced operational / deployment risks (compared to other isolation options) and had no adverse impact on well productivity of the wells. It also achieved the objective of accelerating the recovery of a combined volume of 221 Bscf of gas from marginal gas reservoirs in a field.
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