SPE European Formation Damage Conference and Exhibition 2013 Unconventional and Conventional Solutions to Challenging Reservoirs Noordwijk, The Netherlands 5-7 June 2013 Volume 1 of 2 ISBN: 978-1-62748-610-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 SPE 165078 A Chemical Inhibitor-Infused, High-Strength Proppant Additive for Reservoir Flow Assurance against Scale Deposition in Wells with High Intervention Costs... 1 D. V. Satya Gupta, Dong Shen, Stephen J. Szymczak SPE 165081 Temporary, Nondamaging Zonal Isolation Maximizes Productivity in Low-Pressure Reservoirs... 12 R. Rachid, F. Salazar, J. Jimenez, A. Milne, Syed Ali SPE 165082 Hydraulic Fracturing with Water-Based Fluids in Water-Sensitive Formations... 18 F. Salazar, R. Rachid, J. Jimenez, A. Milne, Syed Ali SPE 165083 Examination of Static and Dynamic Filtration on Core Plug Samples on High Temperature... 28 Gabriella Federer-Kovács, Andrea Mátrai SPE 165084 Acidizing Sandstone Formations Using a Sandstone Acid System For High Temperatures... 42 L. Zhou, H. A. Nasr-El-Din SPE 165085 Effects of Total Suspended Solids on Permeability of Proppant Pack... 57 X. Ye, N. Tonmukayakul, P. Lord, R. Lebas SPE 165086 Fracturing Fluid Conductivity Damage and Recovery Efficiency... 64 J. D. Weaver, F. Liang, N. C. Schultheiss SPE 165088 A Fracturing Driven Approach: Main Challenges and Lessons in Developing a Tight Gas Reservoir in Argentina... 76 Gabriel Schnaidler, Hernán Villada Medina, Facundo Alric, Pierre-Olivier Goiran SPE 165089 Self-Diverting Acid for Effective Carbonate Stimulation Offshore Brazil: A Successful History... 85 A. T. Jardim Neto, C. A. M. Silva, R. S. Torres, F. G. M. Prata, L. A. M. Souza, A. Z. I. Pereira, A. Calderon, E. F. Sandes SPE 165090 A Porosity-Fill Sealant for Water and Gas Shutoff: Case Histories and Lessons Learned after more than 1,000 Well Interventions... 98 Julio Vasquez, Richard Curtice SPE 165091 A Relative Permeability Modifier for Water Control: Candidate Selection, Case Histories, and Lessons Learned after more than 3,000 Well Interventions... 113 Julio Vasquez, Larry Eoff SPE 165092 Case Study Analysis of Formation Damage Induced by Brine Workover Fluid on Burcioaia Reservoir (Romania) and Research on Damage Removal Methods... 126 A. Dragomir, L. Precupanu, V. Arsenoiu, P. Tippel, G. Radulescu, D. Sava, C. Zosmer, O. C. Tudorin SPE 165093 Evaluation of Formation Damage/Remediation Potential of Tight Reservoirs... 147 Tarek Ibrahim Elkewidy SPE 165096 Performance and Formation Damage Assessment of a Novel, Thermally Stable Solids- Free Fluid Loss Gel... 158 Pubudu Gamage, Jay P. Deville, Bill Shumway SPE 165097 Three-Dimensional Sonic and Anisotropy Data to Provide Effective Fracture Treatments... 167 Charles H. Smith, Layne Hamilton, Alena Bashkirtseva SPE 165098 Foam And Scale Inhibitor Squeeze With Natural Gas: A Lifeline For Water Flooded And Damaged Gas Well... 179 O. Rauf, S. Gerdes, N. R. Lummer SPE 165099 Development and Field Trial of a New Exploration HPHT Reservoir Drill-in Fluid... 186 Irene M. Faergestad, Russell Watson, Cameron Strachan, Jorunn Johannesen SPE 165100 CFD as a Tool For Pumping Strategy Evaluation on Matrix Acidizing Treatments... 197 Andressa R. De Melo, Thiago Judson L. De Oliveira SPE 165105 Evaluation of RPMs in Heterogeneous Cores - Fracture Scale do Matter... 203 Alejandro Restrepo, Sergio Lopera, Alonso Ocampo, Eber Castro SPE 165106 Return Permeability: When a Single Number Can Lead You Astray in Fluid Selection... 213 Matt Offenbacher, Mark Luyster, Leigh Gray, Wenwu He, Russell Leonard, Mike Stephens SPE 165107 Dynamic Fluid Erosion on Filter Cakes... 226 Nils Van Der Tuuk Opedal, Pierre Cerasi, Jan David Ytrehus SPE 165108 Fines Migration in Fractured Wells: Integrating Modeling, Field and Laboratory Data... 236 M. Marquez, W. Williams, M. Knobles, P. Bedrikovetsky, Z. You
SPE 165109 Risks, Mitigation and Management of Wax Production Chemistry in a SAGD Environment: Downhole to Surface and Beyond... 262 Andrew G. Shepherd, Tony Vandeweyer, Dena Rafik, Simon Van Kins, Erik Baksteen, Anthony Cheong SPE 165110 Use of Micro-CT Scanning Visualisations To Improve Interpretation of Formation Damage Laboratory Tests Including a Case Study From the South Morecambe Field... 273 Justin Green, Ruaridh Cameron, Ian Patey, Vishal Nagassar, Mark Quine SPE 165111 An Investigation of the Plugging Mechanisms in a Slotted Liner from the Steam Assisted Gravity Operations... 285 U. G. Romanova, T. Ma SPE 165112 Type Curves for Injectivity Decline... 293 Azim Kalantariasl, Sundeep Duhan, Pavel Bedrikovetsky SPE 165113 Modeling Formation Damage and Completion Geometry in an Old Well Enables Better Planning for New Wells - Gyda Development Case Study... 307 M. Byrne, E. Rojas, V. B. Holst SPE 165114 Drilling Depleted Reservoirs - Is Formation Damage Sometimes a Good Thing?... 315 Michael Byrne, Joy Oyovwevotu, Ian Retalic SPE 165115 Formation Damage Matters, Sometimes - Quantification of Damage Using Detailed Numerical Modeling... 321 M Byrne, E Rojas SPE 165117 Influence of Tensile Strength and Production Effects on Hydraulic Fracturing in Low Porosity Carbonates: The South Arne Case... 327 Ole V. Vejbaek, Erik Jakobsen, Ricky Lamb, Benny Troelsen, Lucas W. Bazan, Eric K. Brown, Bruce R. Meyer SPE 165118 Long-Term Dynamic Flow Testing of Proppants and Effect of Coatings... 344 Nevil Kunnath Aven, Jim Weaver, Ray Loghry, Tingji Tang SPE 165119 Particle Size Analysis For Sand Control Applications... 366 Tracey Ballard, Steve Beare SPE 165120 Emulsified Chelating Agent: Evaluation of an Innovative Technique for High Temperature Stimulation Treatments... 385 M. A. Sayed, H. A. Nasr-El-Din, C. A. De Wolf SPE 165121 Using Fiber-Optic-Enabled Coiled Tubing to Quantify Fluid Placement and Optimize Stimulation Effectiveness During Matrix Stimulation Treatments in Carbonate Reservoirs... 405 Pierre Ramondenc, Fernando Baez SPE 165123 Productivity Improvement in Highly Unconsolidated Formation: Skin Characterization and Mitigation, Case History... 417 M. Lastre, A. Milne, C. Pinto SPE 165124 Impact of Waxy Crude Oil on Appropriate Crude Conditioning Techniques and Core Flood Testing for the Maari Oilfield... 428 Samuel Kidd, Robert Stalker, Gordon Graham, Christian Einzinger, Lauchie Duff, George Hobbs SPE 165125 Hydraulic Fracturing in HPHT Deep Naturally Fractured Reservoir in China... 437 Yongping Li, Yonghui Wang, Xingsheng Cheng, Mingguang Che, Fuxiang Zhang SPE 165128 Residue-Free Fracturing Fluid Provides Superior Cleanup and Exceptional Proppant Transport... 442 Nathan Schultheiss, Lucas Fontenelle, Thomas Welton SPE 165129 Silica Dissolution and Its Inhibition with Quartz Sand: Static Model Approach... 451 Khaled A. Elraies, Ashraf E. A. Basbar SPE 165130 Field Case Histories of a Non-Damaging Guar Alternative for Linear Gel Application in Slickwater Fracturing... 456 Hong Sun, Frances Debenedictis, Jia Zhou, Jennifer Cutler, Tom Royce, Scott Nelson, Qi Qu SPE 165132 New Approach for Formation Damage Control of Horizontal Drilling in High Permeability Sandstone Reservoirs... 464 Lijun You, Yili Kang, Xiao Niu, Faqiang Luo, Yuan Gao, Yanying Liu SPE 165133 Mitigating Borehole Instability and Formation Damage with Temporary Shielding Drilling Fluids in Low Permeability Fractured Reservoirs... 471 Lijun You, Yili Kang, Xiangchen Li, Guangqing Zhou SPE 165134 Remedial Effects of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles to Treat Suspension Transport in Saturated Porous Media... 478 D. Arab, P. Pourafshary, S. Ayatollahi, A. Habibi SPE 165135 Extending the Production Capacity in Sand Control Completions Using a Self-Mitigating Sand Screen... 489 Charles S. Yeh, Christian S. Mayer, David A. Howell, Eric R. Grueschow, Renzo Angeles, George A. Gillespie, John Sladic, Randy Simonds
SPE 165136 Mechanical and Flow Behaviour of Collapsed Wellbores in Non-Compliant Sand Control Completions... 497 J. Tovar, D. Noblett SPE 165137 Development And Implementation Of Low Density, Water-Based Reservoir Drilling Fluid. Case History From The Troll Field In Norway... 506 Arild Fjogstad, Ingebjørg Hage, Grete Svanes SPE 165138 Produced Water Re-Injection Design and Uncertainties Assessment... 514 Jalel Ochi, Dominique Dexheimer, Vincent Corpel SPE 165139 Optimized Filter Cake Breaker Successfully Used in the OH Completions in Yuralpa and Oso Fields... 528 Camilo Torres, Galo Sinche, Raul Navarro, Edison Endara, Francisco Carreón, Pablo Murillo, Santiago Cortez SPE 165141 Impact of Charge Type Used in Perforation on the Outcome of Matrix Acid Treatment in Carbonate Formations: Comparative Study... 542 Ahmed I. Rabie, Hisham A. Nasr El-Din, John T. Hardesty, Nathan G. Clark, Matthew R. G. Bell SPE 165142 Properties and Applications of an Alternative Aminopolycarboxylic Acid for Acidizing of Sandstones and Carbonates... 562 Enrique A. Reyes, Alyssa L. Smith, Aaron Beuterbaugh SPE 165143 Development of Volumetric Horizontal Well Stimulation Model... 580 Linus A. Nwoke SPE 165144 Decreasing Formation Damage with New Completion Methods in Daqing Oilfield... 594 Guowen Zhu, Xinguang Sui, Bing Liu, Bo Xu, Mingsheng Wang, Weiqing Xiang, Lihong Liu SPE 165146 Surfactant-Based Fluid-Loss Pills for ZnBr 2 -Based High-Density Completion Fluids and High-Temperature Applications... 601 Ahmed M. Gomaa, Jennifer Cutler, Qi Qu, Kay E. Cawiezel SPE 165147 An Effective Single-Stage Acid System for Sandstone Formations... 612 Ahmed M. Gomaa, Jennifer Cutler, Qi Qu, Joel Boles, Xiaolan Wang SPE 165148 Modification of the Kozeny-Carman Equation to Quantify Formation Damage by Fines in Clean Unconsolidated Porous Media... 625 Eva D. Krauss, David C. Mays VOLUME 2 SPE 165149 Impact of Fe (III) on the Performance of VES-Based Acids... 637 Yi Shu, Guanqun Wang, Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, Jian Zhou SPE 165150 Quality Control of Particle Size Distributions... 654 Arunesh Kumar, Kuhan Chellappah, Mark Aston, Roman Bulgachev SPE 165151 The Long-Term Production Performance of Deep HPHT Gas Condensate Fields Developed Using Formate Brines... 664 Gunnar Olsvik, Siv Howard, John Downs SPE 165152 Productivity Prediction of Horizontal Well by Integration of Formation Damage Model during Gravel-pack Completions... 680 Y. Li, M. Li, G. Yang, G. Qin, W. Wang, Q. Wang SPE 165153 Thermal Decomposition of Chelating Agents and a New Mechanism of Formation Damage... 690 Khatere Sokhanvarian, Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, Corine A. De Wolf SPE 165155 A 20/80 Oil/Water Ratio Nonaqueous Screen Running System Successfully Employed In Equatorial Guinea... 703 Luis Paz, Sooi Kim Lim, Arvind Patel, Mark Luyster, Ray Ravitz SPE 165157 A Neural Network Approach to Predict Formation Damage Due to Calcium Sulphate Precipitation... 714 Sadra Foroutan, Jamshid Moghadasi SPE 165158 Characterizing Formation Damages Due to Carbon Dioxide Injection in High Temperature Reservoirs and Determining the Effect of Solid Precipitation and Permeability Reduction on Oil Production... 726 Ilyas Khurshid, Jonggeun Choe SPE 165159 Reduction of Fine Migration in different ph and Salinity conditions using Nanofluid... 737 Y. Assef, P. Pourafshary, S. Ayatollahi SPE 165160 The Influence of Wettability on Return Permeability... 744 P. Viste, R. B. Watson, A. C. Nelson
SPE 165161 Hydrolysis Effect on the Properties of a New Class of Viscoelastic Surfactant-Based Acid and Damage Caused by the Hydrolysis Products... 755 Zhenhua He, Guanqun Wang, Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, Stuart Holt SPE 165162 Investigation of the Precipitation of Calcium Sulfate Scale during Low and High Salinity Water Injection in EOR Processes In carbonate and Sandstone Reservoirs... 772 M. A. Mahmoud, K. Z. Abdelgawad SPE 165163 A New Diversion Technique to Remove the Formation Damage from Maximum Reservoir Contact and Extended Reach Wells in Sandstone Reservoirs... 790 B. S. Ba Geri, M. A. Mahmoud SPE 165164 The Effect of Different Brine Solutions on the Viscosity of VES Micelles... 800 Merve R. Gurluk, Guanqun Wang, Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, James Crews SPE 165165 Evaluating Flowback Proppants for Proppant Diagenesis in Shale... 808 Neelam Raysoni, Anjali Sarda SPE 165166 Permeametry Pitfalls and Opportunities... 817 C. D. Wehunt, H. A. Nasr-El-Din SPE 165167 Formation Damage during Disposal of CO 2 into a High Salinity Aquifer... 834 Reza Azin, Najmeh Mehrabi, Mehdi Mohammadi, Khosrow Mohammadi, Shahriar Osfouri SPE 165168 Non-Polymeric Permanent Clay Stabilizer for Shale Completions... 840 Darren Maley, Grant Farion, Gabriela Giurea-Bica, Bill O Neil SPE 165169 Formation Damage and the Importance of a Rigorous Diagnostic: a Case History in Nigeria Deep Water... 858 Jean-Noël Furgier, Cédric Lebecq, Xavier Degos, Frédéric Martin SPE 165170 Stand Alone Screens: What Key Parameters are Really Important for a Successful Design?... 869 Jean-Noël Furgier, Bjorn Viguerie, Eric Aubry, Pascal Rivet SPE 165172 Development and Applications of an Aqueous-Based Surface Modification Agent... 881 L. K. Vo, P. D. Nguyen, J. D. Weaver SPE 165173 New Treatment Method for Enhancing Propped Fracture Conductivity: A Laboratory Study... 891 P. D. Nguyen, R. D. Rickman, J. D. Weaver, T. Z. Vonk, R. A. Loghry SPE 165174 Effectively Controlling Proppant Flowback to Maximize Well Production: Lessons Learned from Argentina... 904 P. D. Nguyen, J. C. Bonapace, G. F. Kruse, L. Solis, D. Daparo SPE 165175 Novel Water Shutoff Treatments in Gas Wells Using Petroleum External Solutions and Microemulsions... 917 I. J. Lakatos, J. Lakatos-Szabo, G. Szentes, M. Vadaszi, A. Vago SPE 165176 Mitigation of Formation Damage Caused by Macrormolecular Materials Using Liquid Polymers... 929 I. J. Lakatos, J. Lakatos-Szabo, G. Szentes, M. Vadaszi SPE 165177 Viscoelastic Evaluation of Gemini Surfactant Gel for Hydraulic Fracturing... 942 Jiang Yang, Baoshan Guan, Yongjun Lu, Weixiang Cui, Xiaohui Qiu, Zhen Yang, Wenlong Qin SPE 165178 Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Asphaltene Adsorption on Two Phase Flow in Porous Media... 947 V. Hematfar, B. B. Maini, Z. Chen SPE 165179 Novel Combination of Channel Fracturing with Rod-Shaped Proppant Increases Production in the Egyptian Western Desert... 957 A. A. Gawad, J. Long, T. El-Khalek, R. Bashandy, T. Mabrouk, A. Shaaban, A. Mathur, M. Yosry, C. C. Kraemer, J. M. Bernechea SPE 165180 Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Very Low Salinity on Middle Eastern Sandstone Corefloods... 971 M. B. Pingo-Almada, S. G. J. Pieterse, A. H. M. Marcelis, M. J. T. Van Haasterecht, N. J. Brussee, H. A. Van Der Linde SPE 165181 Using Hydrochloric Acid to Remove Ilmenite Water-Based Filter Cake in HPHT Applications... 983 S. M. Elkatatny, J. Xiao, H. A. Nasr-El-Din, M. Al-Bagoury SPE 165182 Experimental Investigation of Microbial Plugging Potential for a Sea Water Injection Pressure Maintenance Project... 999 S. Abbasi, H. Golghanddashti, M. Heshmati, H. Tirandaz, A. Shahrabadi SPE 165183 Scale Formation because of Water Incompatibility between Injection Water and Formation Water in Reservoir Pressure and Temperature Condition to Emphasis Thermodynamic Condition Changes A Static Experimental Investigation (Part I)... 1008 S. Abbasi, H. Golghanddashti, M. Heshmati, A. Shahrabadi, B. Fazel
SPE 165184 Evaluation of Micronized Ilmenite as a Weighting Material in Oil-based Drilling Fluids for HPHT Applications... 1017 J. Xiao, H. A. Nasr-El-Din, M. Al-Bagoury SPE 165185 Formation Damage in the Cavendish Gas Field - Causes, Treatment and Future Measures... 1031 Christoph Kersten, Kai Schulze, Florian Schroers, Darrell Mandiwall, Paul Jeffs SPE 165186 A Novel Approach for Predicting In-situ Breakdown Conditions for Wireline Mini- Fracture Testing... 1039 Auke Barnhoorn, Boris Sintra Magalhaes, Surej Kumar Subbiah, Pacelli Zitha SPE 165187 Fracturing a Non-conventional Oil Reservoir Offshore Congo - Case History... 1053 Euro Garcia, K Orski, F Marpaung, J Gonzalez-Dunia, J Bertin SPE 165188 Sand Control in Shallow Unconsolidated Sandstone Oil Reservoirs at Staatsolie N.V. Suriname... 1066 S. Toelsie, P. Goerdajal SPE 165189 Dope-Free Tubulars in Petroleum Well Completions... 1079 Alejandro Funes, Fernando Figini, Emiliano Actis Goretta, Esteban De Franceschi, Fabián Benedetto, Tomás Castiñeiras, Michael J. Economides SPE 165190 Physics Mechanisms of Enhanced Recovery By Fines-migration-assisted Waterflooding (Laboratory Study)... 1092 A. Zeinijahromi, P. Bedrikovetsky SPE 165191 An Environmentally Acceptable and Non-damaging Diversion System for High- Permeability Formations... 1111 Vijaya K Patnana, Prasad B Karadkar, Yogesh Kumar Choudhary SPE 165193 CT Scan Study of the Leak-Off of Oil-Based Drilling Fluids into Saturated Media... 1120 Dorien Frequin, Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Pacelli L. J. Zitha SPE 165194 A Novel Water Injectivity Model and Experimental Validation using CT Scanned Corefloods... 1143 Ramesh Chandra Yerramilli, P. L. J. Zitha, Sanjay Surya Yerramilli, Pavel Bedrikovetsky SPE 165195 Novel Insight into Polymer Injectivity for Polymer Flooding... 1161 Sanjay Surya Yerramilli, P. L. J. Zitha, Ramesh Chandra Yerramilli SPE 165196 An Experimental and Simulation Study of Asphaltene-Induced Permeability Impairment under Natural Depletion Condition... 1184 Mahmoud Khalifeh, Riyaz Kharrat, Hadi Bagherzadeh, Milad Izadi SPE 165197 Investigation of Effective Mechanisms in Permeability Reduction Due to Asphaltene Deposition through Porous Media... 1198 M. Khederzadeh, S. Ostadrezaei, R. Kharrat, H. Bagherzadeh, S. Mahdavi, M. Khalife SPE 165199 Iron Sulfide Removal: A Nonacidic Alternative to Hydrochloric Acid Treatment... 1214 Xiaolan Wang, Qi Qu, Sandra Berry, Jennifer Cutler SPE 165200 Challenge and Successful Application for Scale Removal Gemsa Oil Field, Egypt: Field Study... 1227 Elsayed Elmorsey, Ahmed Hussien SPE 165201 Field Wide Implementation of Proppant-Based Scale Control Technology in the Bakken Field... 1236 Leonard J. Kalfayan, Clyde A. McAfee, Lawrence M. Cenegy SPE 165203 Formation Damage Due To Iron Precipitation In Carbonate Rocks... 1245 A. I. Assem, H. A. Nasr-El-Din, C. A. De Wolf SPE 165206 Significant Increase in Sand Control Reliability of Open Hole Gravel Pack Completions in ACG Field - Azerbaijan... 1262 Yoliandri Susilo, Kevin Whaley, Santiago Loboguerrero, Phillip Jackson, Natig Kerimov, Robert Anderson, Patrick Keatinge, Brian Edment SPE 165207 Optimization of Microemulsion Formulations with Linker Molecules... 1275 Lirio Quintero, Gianna Pietrangeli, Jean-Louis Salager, Ana Forgiarini Author Index