Abstract. The Lost Hills Field Diatomite has traditionally been developed using vertical wells completed with multiple propped hydraulic fracture treatment stages. As the main portion of the field is nearing full development at 2 1/2-acres per producer, the search for additional reserves has moved out to the flanks of the field's anticlinal structure. Due …Web
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The project also examined the efficiency of reservoir heating using horizontal and multilateral wells. Finally, improved reservoir definition techniques were developed to infer reservoir heterogeneity from production data. ... such as diatomite. Diatomite formations in California alone contain 12-80 billion bbl of original-oil-in-place (OOIP ...Web
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1. High cost as compared to a vertical well. In the U.S., a new horizontal well drilled from the surface, costs 1.5 to 2.5 times more than a vertical well. A re-entry horizon-tal well costs about 0.4 to 1.3 times a vertical well cost. 2. Generally only one zone at a time can be produced using a horizontal well. If the reservoir has multiple pay ...Web
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Coiled-tubing (CT) fracturing has been applied successfully in multistage vertical-well stimulation in the Belridge diatomite in the Lost Hills field. This same …Web
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The largest project has 188 horizontal wells completed with multiple longitudinal hydraulic fractures: after an initial pilot study of four wells, Phase 1 consisted of 75 ft (23 m) spacing between ...Web
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The diatomite reservoirs of California are particularly susceptible to compaction due to the very high porosity of the diatomite. In these reservoirs well replacement, lost production and abandonment costs have exceeded $200 million to date. In 1994 alone about 40 wells were damaged. A study is currently underway involving data …Web
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In an increasing number of hydraulic fracturing environments, the petroleum industry has aimed for greater cost-effectiveness through the use of horizontal wells instead of conventional vertical wells. Several recent examples where this strategy has been evaluated include the giant Belridge oilfield, where three horizontal wells have been …Web
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A Case Histo~: Completion and Stimulation of Horizontal Wells with Multiple Transverse Hydraulic Fractures in the Lost Hills Diatomite MA. Emanuele, Chevron U.S.A. Production Company, W.A. Minner and L. Weijers, Pinnacle Technologies, E. J. ... The Lost Hills Field Diatomite has traditionally been developed using vertical wells completed with ...Web
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In this section, an application of the updated GPSNet framework to a 307-well sector of a diatomite reservoir in San Joaquin Valley (denoted as the "Field X" throughout the manuscript) will be demonstrated. ... For the horizontal wells, as shown in Fig. 4 (a), there are three completion intervals and we choose one well point at the center ...Web
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This behavior is typical of low permeability oil and gas production. Fractures are vertical, as shown by gamma ray and temperature logs run following several treatments. The fractures grow slightly out of the perforated intervals (10 to 15 feet). ... The study was undertaken to explain the rapid decline in oil production in diatomite wells by ...Web
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It is indicated that the average good quality rate of horizontal section cementing is 92.67%, and 11 wells which have been put into production are not subjected to sustained annulus pressure.Web
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To investigate the formation stress variation of fractured vertical wells in the water flooding reservoir, the models of the well pattern are simulated for producing 3000 days. ... "Hydraulic fracture orientation and production/injection induced reservoir stress changes in diatomite waterfloods," in SPE Western Regional Meeting, pp. 8–10 ...Web
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An example is an ongoing study of well failures in the diatomite reservoirs of California. ... Insight into the reservoir compaction and casing deformations is provided by logs run in Well 2/4 C ...Web
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Between 1995 and 2001, seventeen Diatomite horizontal wells that required cemented and fractured completions were drilled. The quality of the cement jobs before 2001 was generally unsatisfactory. These wells were drilled in the Opal A and Opal CT segments of the Monterey formation (Figure 1). The Opal A wells are drilled in the more shallow …Web
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Between 1995 and 2001, seventeen Diatomite horizontal wells that required cemented and fractured completions were drilled. The quality of the cement jobs before …Web
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"A Case History: Completion and Stimulation of Horizontal Wells with Multiple Transverse Hydraulic Fractures in the Lost Hills Diatomite." Paper presented at the SPE …Web
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In Santa Barbara County, Santa Maria Pacific (an exploration and production company) is expanding their cyclic steam project in a diatomite reservoir. The hilly or mountainous topWeb
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Drilling horizontal wells in the Monterey formation in central California, outside of Bakersfield, allows operators to recover oil from the margins of a structure that would be uneconomic to complete with vertical wells. Between 1995 and 2001, seventeen Diatomite horizontal wells that required cemented and fractured completions were drilled.Web
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In August 2014 – note the year – well 2/8-G-2 was drilled from existing Valhall facilities and a 57 m cored interval from the Miocene diatomite was cut from around 1,500 m depth. To date it is not known …Web
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The combination of horizontal well drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing treatment is widely used to increase production in unconventional and tight reservoirs. It is critical to evaluate the fracture networks developed to accurately predict hydrocarbon production. Several advantages have been found for fracture …Web
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1 PETROLEUM SOCIETY C ANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY & PETROLEUM PAPER 2002-246 Drilling and Completion of Horizontal Wells in a Diatomite Formation—A Systematic Approach to Addressing Challenges D.L. Bour, M. McMillon, M. Hansen Halliburton PETROLEUM SOCIETY C ANADIAN …Web
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wells were being abandoned annually due to severe casing damage. Waterflood programs were initiated in the late 1980's to mitigate subsidence, to reduce the potential for additional well failures, and for secondary recovery. The low permeability of the diatomite has led 10 tight development with typical well spacings of 2Yz-acre (330 feet)Web
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Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that coil-tubing fracturing with sand plugs might not be the best way forward to complete horizontal wells in the diatomite.Web
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The diatomite reservoirs in the Belridge giant oil field in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California provide an ideal location for following the growth in understanding and application of horizontal wells through time. ... The largest project has 188 horizontal wells completed with multiple longitudinal hydraulic fractures: after an ...Web
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Dip. The angle that a rock unit, fault or other rock structure makes with a horizontal plane. Expressed as the angular difference between the horizontal plane and the structure. The angle is measured in a plane perpendicular to the strike of the rock structure. The rock units in the image dip to the right at 30 degrees.Web
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Abstract. A systematic investigation of fluid flow characteristics within diatomite (a high porosity, low permeability, siliceous rock) is reported. Using an X-ray computerized tomography (CT ...Web
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Horizontal wells, multilateral wells, and fracture orientation. ... An excellent example of a situation in which fracturing was needed is the waterflooding of diatomite reservoirs in California, US. These reservoirs have high porosity, but permeabilities of 0.1 md or less. Conventional injection methods yielded uneconomic rates; however ...Web
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Oil and Gas Industry Network. Sankara Papavinasam, in Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry, 2014. 2.9.1 Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS). Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) to recover heavy oil has been used in California since the 1950s. CSS is often colloquially termed as a 'huff-and-puff' operation. In this method, steam is injected into a …Web
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Improving the recovery from diatomite reservoirs has been a problem since first production in the 1890's. In 2007, horizontal wells were drilled in the Lost Hills field and supported with vertical water injectors to improve recovery. These wells are fractured hydraulically to improve drainage and conductivity.Web
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Abstract. In an increasing number of hydraulic fracturing environments, the petroleum industry has aimed for greater cost-effectiveness through the use of horizontal wells instead of conventional vertical wells. Several recent examples where this strategy has been evaluated include the giant Belridge oilfield where three horizontal wells have …Web
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Diatomite is a powdering mineral mainly composed of diatom microfossils present in marine and lacustrine soils, which influences their physical and mechanical properties. Although many articles have been found in the literature concerning the influence of diatomite in the overall behavior of natural soils, few research efforts have been …Web
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The rock in question is diatomite, made of countless silica skeletons of microscopic aquatic plants. Diatomite's tiny pores range from a few billionths to a few millionths of a meter wide, creating a soft and fragile mineral that is up to 70 percent empty space -- light enough to float on water but so nearly impermeable that no one is quite sure how the oil got into the …Web
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In this section, an application of the updated GPSNet framework to a 307-well sector of a diatomite reservoir in San Joaquin Valley (denoted as the "Field X" …Web
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This is the case for the Diatomite reservoir, where over 10 ft of subsidence have occurred in some areas. Well failure rates have averaged over 3% per year, resulting in several million dollars per year in well replacement and repair costs in the South Belridge Diatomite alone.Web
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well-documented examples of diatomite reservoirs, with billions of barrels of original oil in place (Dietrich, 2010, Fredrich et al., 2000, Ilderton et al., 1994, Kumar and Beatty, ... Horizontal movements within the overburden, if large enough, can cause well shear failure. In the San Joaquin Valley, thousands of wells have beenWeb
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Between 1995 and 2001, seventeen Diatomite horizontal wells that required cemented and fractured completions were drilled. The quality of the cement jobs before …Web
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diatomite, siltstone, argillaceous diatomite, silty diatomite, volcanic ash, and an abundance of cherts. The beds of the Monterey Formation being mined are now an isolated remnant due to post-depositional folding and erosion, but were originally formed in a basin that covered a wider area. For the most part the beds in the mine are folded into ...Web
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The diatomite reservoirs in the Belridge giant oil field in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California provide an ideal location for following the growth in …Web
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In this section, an application of the updated GPSNet framework to a 307-well sector of a diatomite reservoir in San Joaquin Valley (denoted as the "Field X" throughout the manuscript) will be demonstrated. ... further improvements in GPSNet adding capabilities to accommodate various well types such as dual-string injectors and horizontal ...Web
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