StiMRILTM Process

Genius at Work
Halliburton’s StiMRILTM process can provide In medicine,
nuclear magnetic
answers to today’s critical questions.
resonance (NMR)
• Where are oil and gas located in the zone? technology uses a
powerful magnet
• At what rate will the well produce? and a radio-
frequency
• Where is water located in the zone?
transmitter to
• Will the zone produce water? pulse
electromagnetic
• What is the NPV of the zone? energy into a
patient’s body.
The Complete Stimulation Tool This
nonradioactive
Halliburton’s MRIL logging capability provides the missing technique—
ingredient the industry has long needed to accurately magnetic
predict and control the outcome of production enhance- resonance imaging
(MRI)—causes hydrogen protons to emit detectable signals which are
ment efforts. Even though the value of stimulation is well converted into an image used for medical diagnosis. The oil and gas
established and stimulation methods have advanced industry is now applying this technology to accurately measure several
greatly over the years, still no one has been able to quantify key factors that influence whether a well will produce commercial
the relationship of treatment design and execution with quantities of petroleum.
well productivity—until now.

Benefits of MRIL Logging

MRIL logging has already revolutionized the logging
industry through its ability to directly and accurately
measure fluids in the reservoir. This results in accurate
determination of
• porosity and permeability,
• fluid type and viscosity changes,
• irreducible water volume and free fluid volume.
In other words, MRIL indicates not only whether there is oil
or gas in a zone, but also where it is in the zone and at what
rate the well will produce—more accurately than any other
system in the industry. In addition, it indicates whether Figure 1 - Accurate reservoir description is the key to success in the
Travis Peak and many similar formations. On the left is the typical log
water is present in the zone, where it is in the zone, and
analysis and completion scenario. Little difference is noted between the
whether it is free to flow to the wellbore and interfere with sands, and all three are completed and fractured together. On the right
hydrocarbon production. are the MRIL analysis results for the same interval. With this knowledge,
Halliburton can design a completion that both reduces the cost of the
completion and increases productivity.
StiMRIL Takes the Guesswork out of
Stimulation Design
Adding these capabilities to Halliburton’s industry-leading Here’s how it works. Before StiMRIL, Halliburton had
stimulation design and execution capabilities provides the developed a new-technology fracturing design program
solution that oil and gas operators have been seeking for that incorporated quad-combo logging data to accurately
years. define the lithology (volumetrics) of the well. This gave the

Integrated Technology for Optimum Results

 treatment design engineers all the information they needed
Travis Peak - StiMRIL Example
to accurately calculate fracture geometry and to qualita- 1000 $100,000
tively define zones. Now, however, to achieve relative 900 $90,000
Completion Results with
certainty of productivity results, engineers are also incorpo-

Gas & Water Rates, Mcf/D & BWPD

Typical Completion Results Reservoir Knowledge
800 $80,000
rating MRIL logging data into the design program. Quad- 700 $70,000

Completion Costs
combo logging still provides the lithology information, 600 $60,000
while MRIL provides the fluid dynamics information. The 500 $50,000
result: The ability to design an optimum treatment for 400 $40,000
maximum, predictable well productivity. 300 $30,000

200 $20,000
For Example . . . 100 $10,000

In stimulating Travis Peak gas wells in Marion County, 0

Cost Gas Water Cost Gas Water
$0

Texas, Mitchell Energy Corporation found good permeabil-

ity but also the tendency to produce large amounts of
water—typically producing 300 Mscf/D and 250 BWPD
after conventional fracturing. Halliburton used its MRIL
technology to identify variations in permeability and locate
the source of free water. Based on an evaluation of the
MRIL log, Halliburton recommended using its new Stim-
GunTM process to isolate and stimulate the best permeabil-
ity zones while minimizing contact with the water source.
Figure 2 - In the example shown in Figure 1, the hydraulically fractured
well is producing 300 Mcf/D with 250 BWPD at a completion cost of
$76,000. By comparison, the well that was completed using MRIL
technology for reservoir description is producing above 625 Mcf/D and
only 4 BWPD at a cost of just over $31,000.
Travis Peak - StiMRIL Example
$70,000

The new completion began producing at 625 Mscf/D and $60,000

only 4 BWPD. By minimizing the hydrostatic head caused
$50,000
by excess water production, the reservoir was free to
Bottom Line Benefit, $

demonstrate its true permeability in production. And even $40,000

though Mitchell spent an additional $24,900 with StiMRIL
$30,000
over conventional methods, the company saved over
$44,000 in reduced rig time, elimination of the propped frac $20,000

job, and reduced water disposal costs. $10,000

When added to the 325 Mscf/D of increased production, $0

these results more than proved the value of Halliburton’s Increased Revenue Cost Savings Total 1st Month Benefit

StiMRIL technology to the operator.

Figure 3 - The reduced cost and increased productivity result in an
economic benefit for the operator of almost $60,000 in the first month
Virtually Guaranteed alone.

It’s as close to a production enhancement guarantee as the

service industry can give the oil and gas industry. And it’s
available to you today . . . from Halliburton.

For more information about how Halliburton’s new StiMRIL service

can help you get the most from your stimulation investment, contact
your local Halliburton representative — your Solution Connection.

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