The case history presented in the complete paper describes the performance of an acid-fracturing intervention in a high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) well in which this intervention was the last procedure considered to evaluate the productivity of a Marrat Formation well. The post-acid-fractured well productivity index (PI) showed the high quality of the stimulation performed in a challenging environment, demonstrating the effectiveness of the new diversion system for creating selective fractures in a horizontal wellbore with multiple perforation clusters.
Introduction
Completion of deep HP/HT carbonate formations in northern Kuwait in overpressured environments comprising interbedded carbonate bodies, complex tectonics, and stress variations resulting in strike/slip or reserve fault regimes is challenging for operator and service companies. Because of the low-permeability conditions, it is necessary to generate long and conductive fractures to produce the reservoir effectively. Additionally, this aggressive fracture-stimulation requirement needs to overcome the high-working-pressure limitations of the completion, in addition to the nature and corrosiveness of the produced hydrocarbon, which makes selection of the proper stimulation reactive-fluid system important.
These challenges are even more crucial in cases having drilling and completions issues.
