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SPE Permian Basin - Section Meeting - Nov 15 2018
Petroleum Club of Midland
Nov 15, 2018
11:30am to 1:00pm
Jeff Whittaker
Quantifying Perforation Erosion from Downhole Video Images - A Hydraulic Fracture Evaluation Method
"Where exactly did the frac go?" is a fundamental question in evaluating hydraulic fracture treatment success. Existing hydraulic fracture diagnostic methods are limited in number, scope and sometimes accuracy. Analysis of in-situ perforation erosion from high definition downhole video images provides an additional and complementary data source to evaluate the success of limited entry engineered treatment programs at a depth resolution not otherwise possible. Evaluation techniques from this method can be used to confirm proppant transport through specific perforations, fracture initiation and treatment consistency. Examples of acquired perforation images will be presented along with initial results demonstrating a correlation between in-situ erosion and pumped proppant volume. We conclude that the method can be successfully applied to evaluate changes to stimulation treatment design parameters such as stage length, cluster number and spacing, proppant and fluid properties, pumping criteria and many aspects of perforation design including perforation charge type, count per stage and cluster and shot orientation. (Reference SPE 191466MS)
Bio
Jeff Whittaker is US Technical Advisor for EVO Incorporated, a technology driven oil and gas service provider specializing in leveraging downhole Video Analytics technology to help operators solve their subsurface wellbore challenges. Jeff has 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry and has held various positions, both on the service provider side and operator side, including Welltec, Expro, Schlumberger and Shell Oil Co. He has been involved with SPE for many of those years including serving on the Gulf Coast Section board and previously chairing the Westside Study group. He has also served on the SPE/ICoTA committee. He holds a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from the San Diego State University.
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501 W Wall St.,
Midland, TX 79701
United States
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