MENA-IW-154 (Middle East)

CHALLENGE

A major operator in the Middle East was encountering near wellbore formation damage due to fines and sludge in a salt-water disposal well. The customer was looking for a cost-effective alternative to remove the blockages and return the well to a pre-damaged state. Due to previous success with the treatment of producing wells, the operator choose BLUESPARK® to treat this well.

SOLUTION

Improve connectivity to the reservoir clearing out blockages using electro-hydraulic pulsing technology

• The BLUESPARK® 275 tool was run on third-party E-Line to the treatment interval of the well

• A 100-foot (30 m) open-hole interval was treated in a treatment time of 13 hours with 100% operational efficiency

• The intervention was completed in almost 50% less total time than a traditional intervention for the same problem

• The well was put back on injection and monitored

CONDITIONS

• Conventional oil field

• Vertically drilled

• Open Hole Completion

• Sandstone reservoir

• Depth: 7,200 ft (2,200 m)

• Temperature:  190 °F (88 °C)

OUTCOME

• The water injection rate  increased by 175%

• The gas-oil separation facility saw a corresponding drop in the disposal network pressure, enabling two oil producing wells to start to flow, adding a 4% increase to the total oil output

• Along with a 50% reduction in intervention time, there was a 53% decrease in CO2 emissions

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Blue Spark Energy is paving the way towards a sustainable, dynamic oil & gas industry. As leaders in high-pulse powered wellbore remediations, we provide a revolutionary technology that is a safe, cost-effective, and efficient solution for forward-thinking energy providers.