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charge interference and the use of other metals for the jet has wells, as shown in Figure 6. Most of the tests were performed
contributed to the increase in penetration and perforating using an average underbalance of 1,000 psi with a maximum
efficiency. The development and introduction of fast pressure of 2,000 psi for oil wells and 3,000 psi for gas wells. Over
gauges at beginning of this century allowed the analysis if the 50% of the time, however, acid did improve production in gas
events occurring almost instantaneously during the jet wells above 2,000 psi and below 2-4md. The results of this
perforating process (Figure 2). experiment have been used for several years to design
The introduction of flow laboratories (Figure 3) where underbalance perforating jobs either in TCP or wireline
rock samples are subject to actual downhole conditions, perforating. In several cases, extreme underbalance pressures
including reservoir pressure, overburden pressure, and have been used in low permeability formations with limited
effective stress, allowed the evaluation of the performance of success because, as King stated, “at low permeabilities, there
standard charges in any specific reservoir.6 In addition, it is may not be sufficient flow through the formation matrix to
possible to customize the design of charges for any specific clean the perforations.” (King et al., 1986)
application, optimizing the results (Figure 4). In some depleted reservoirs, perforating with the well
There is a great deal of information related to design and flowing as another underbalance technique that has been
selection of perforating systems for various reservoir introduced successfully to improve the cleanup of the
conditions, depending on the production objectives and perforations and the reservoir communication.
techniques. This paper presents an overview of the these
techniques and reviews the experience of integrating the Extreme Overbalance Perforating. After the introduction of
reservoir parameters and geomechanical information with the the TCP technique and the development of low permeability
charge performance and mechanical condition of the wells to reservoirs that required additional stimulation to have
plan the perforating job. This type of integration will help to commercial production rates, various techniques, such as
improve the perforating job performance and any additional extreme overbalance perforating, were considered to
applications performance, such as hydraulic fracturing in the complement the underbalance perforating technique. The
overpressured tight gas reservoirs in Northern Mexico. technique was initially presented in 1993 by Oryx Energy and
ARCO as an means of minimizing problems encountered
Underbalance Perforating. The underbalance perforating during the hydraulic fracturing of some specific reservoirs.9
technique was introduced very early in the development of In general, the basic technique used in TCP operations
various perforating techniques7. It was more highly developed, involves pressurizing a large portion of the tubing with gas
however, after the successful introduction of tubing conveyed over a column of fluid. During the perforation, the fluid is
perforating (TCP) in the 1970s as a method of inducing an injected into the formation, creating small fractures around the
initial surge period to clean the perforation and minimize the wellbore in consolidated formations (Figure 7). A variation of
skin damage. this technique was developed in 1997 with the introduction of
As early as 1956, Allen and Worzel7 showed that propellants that generate high pressure gas during the
overbalance perforating “resulted in a less effective explosion of the gun.
perforation because the perforation tunnel was filled with In principle, this technique has applications mostly in low
crushed sand, charge debris” and pieces of metal from the permeability formations to pass the damage zone when there is
liner in addition to formation matrix plugging near the not enough underbalance, in pre-hydraulic fracture treatment,
perforating tunnel, even after the backflow from the formation to break down the formation and to enhance the natural
(Figure 5). Based on these observations, they recommended fractures communication to the wellbore.9–12 In medium- to
perforating with some differential into the wellbore. In 1969, high-permeability formations, there is usually a surge in
Terry Walker, Jack Brown, and George Briggs conducted tests pressure at the beginning, but the production declines to
with an average of 500 psi underbalance, using hollow steel normal rates after the induced fractures are closed because
carrier (HSC) guns. They observed that the atmospheric there is no material placed to keep them open.
pressure inside the carrier was an important factor for
additional cleanup of the perforations, especially in gas Nearbalance Perforating. The nearbalance perforating
reservoirs where the formation damage during the perforation technique is based in the application of a small underbalance
was larger because of the change in fluid compressibility.7 (less than 500 psi) while using HSCs to induce an additional
After the successful introduction of the TCP technique drawdown pressure when the jets are passing through the
(which allowed larger differential pressure into the wellbore), carrier steel wall, casing, cement, and formation.
King et al.8 completed a study of at least 90 wells to determine In 1969, Terry Walker, Jack Brown, and George Briggs
the minimum underbalance required for a proper cleanup of presented an evaluation of this technique using 500 psi as an
the perforations, considering that excessive differential average underbalance pressure and HSCs with satisfactory
pressure “can cause the casing to collapse or the formation to results, except that in some cases, there was sand flow. This
disaggregate.” They observed that in formations with probably occurred because the critical drawdown pressure was
permeabilities in the range of 1md to 900md, there was an exceeded.7
exponential relationship between formation permeability and The static and dynamic behavior during the clean-up phase
minimum underbalance required to have clean perforations as a product of transient and steady-state flow has been
(linear relationship in the log-log plot). The procedure used observed and documented in various papers.13
includes the comparison of production when damage was Some unconventional reservoirs are sensitive to a high
removed using acid after the perforating job for gas and oil underbalance condition during the perforating and production
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phases because the rock strength and stress can induce either a friction.26–28 A historical case in the Burgos basin was
shear failure (sand production) or rock grain texture damage in previously documented and is shown in Figure 12.
the vicinity of the perforation tunnel. The optimum Another application for this technique includes sand
underbalance condition related to geomechanical properties of control in highly stressed reservoirs or in horizontal or highly
the reservoir has recently been documented in various deviated wells.29–30
papers. 13–20 It has also been observed that in low permeability
gas reservoirs, “very high underbalance values (4,000 psi) are Near Balance Perforating in Burgos Basin
not required to clean gas cores at irreducible water Overpressured Tight Gas Reservoirs
saturation.”16 In gas cores saturated with brine (which is the The gas reservoirs in Burgos basin are usually overpressured
case for tight gas reservoirs), increasing the underbalance to sand reservoirs between 1,000mts and 5,000mts in depth with
2,000 psi did not improve flowing efficiency.17 a porosity range from 12.5 to 24% average and permeability
When rock properties information is available, optimizing from 0.01md to 2 md.
the balance between uniaxial compressive strength (UCS)20–21 It is standard practice to hydraulically fracture the wells
and critical drawdown pressure values with the reservoir after they are completed, using a monobore type of completion
pressure and length of the HSC gun at atmospheric pressure to design. The typical completion is 3.5 in. or 4.5 in. tubing in
design the perforating job has proved to add value to the 6.125 in. borehole, which gives up to 1.5 in. cement sheet in
reservoir performance and the subsequent hydraulic fracturing some cases (Figure 13).
operations. The wells are drilled using oil based mud that is, in some
cases, as heavy as 2.2 gr/cc. Any gas kick is usually
Extreme Underbalance Perforating. The extreme documented with the equivalent mud weight. This information
underbalance perforating technique began to be used recently is used to determine the reservoir static pressure. (Flowing
in Indonesia for natural flow gas reservoirs. It is based on pressure is usually very low because these are tight gas
working at the maximum safe underbalance before the critical formations with low permeability and high irreducible water
drawdown pressure is reached to perforate the well and saturation.) The standard practice includes verifying whether
achieve maximum flow and minimum skin.22–24 or not there is pressure and gas flow on surface after the
This technique has also been successfully used in the perforating job is completed to proceed with the injection test
medium- to high-permeability gas reservoirs in the Burgos and the hydraulic fracture job.
basin for several years, but it did not produce the same results The penetration and efficiency of the charges is a function
in the deep overpressured tight gas sands. of several parameters related to the charge itself and the
reservoir conditions. The parameters related to charge are
Dynamic Underbalance Perforating. Dynamic underbalance usually controlled in the selection of the charge for the
perforating is the latest perforating technique, based on specific application. The parameters related to the reservoir
controlling the transient pressure behavior when the jet is condition include the formation compressive strength (UCS or
going into the reservoir with the wellbore.6, 25 Highly UniAxial Compressive Strength is usually selected, but the
sophisticated software has been developed that is capable of actual formation compressive strength depends on the
predicting the behavior of the pressure and fluid within confining pressure), reservoir pressure, and matrix rock
fractions of seconds after the charges are initiated until they texture, as shown in Figure 14. In the case of tight gas sands,
reach steady state. This development allowed the design of the the design for the perforating jobs is oriented to provide
required volume and specific timing to generate the required effective reservoir communication while maintaining the
dynamic underbalance for the specific formation while required conditions for hydraulic fracturing (entry hole and
keeping the near balance condition, which is the ideal phase orientation). The standard perforating methodology
condition for the reservoir rock, as showed in recent consisted in completing the well with treated water and
papers.20–21 Normally, the flowing performance using this perforating in uncontrolled underbalance condition. This
technique is much better because of the effective removal of method was successful in most of the shallow wells, but in
fines from the crushed zone, the optimum tunnel shape (Figure deep wells the underbalance reached sometimes up to 9,000
8), and an instantaneous surge that permits better flow psi (above the critical shear pressure as found recently based
performance without damaging the rock around the wellbore. on rock mechanics core analysis). The flowing gas pressure,
Simulations for standard static underbalance and nearbalance however, reached zero very rapidly after opening the well.
dynamic underbalance are shown in Figures 9 and 10 Some wells flow intermittently at very low flowing pressures
respectively. after a mini-frac procedure was performed, which indicates
large formation damage either during the drilling or
Oriented Perforating. The oriented perforating technique has perforating phase. The need to perform hydraulic fracturing
been used and documented for hydraulic fracturing was normally good enough to remove the perforating skin
applications (Figure 11) when the reservoir is known to be damage and provide good reservoir communication until
subject to horizontal stress difference of at least 8% because of deeper wells were drilled and other problems were
tectonics or nearby faults in the Burgos basin. The need to use encountered in the hydraulic fracturing, such as very high
this technique is more acute in deep tight gas reservoirs where tortuosity and friction, fracture screen-out, casing collapse,
fracture pressure gradients sometimes exceed 0.9 psi/ft and the rapid decrease in production, and formation backflow.
anisotropy effect is reflected in large values for tortuosity and Mechanical properties analysis for some of the reservoirs
shows that the critical pressure was almost 60% of the actual
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reservoir pressure while high friction angles were observed. Rock Properties. The rock mechanical properties analysis
The changes in the formation compressive strength exceed was performed for some of the wells in the area. The results
three times UCS when the confining pressures change show that the static-to-dynamic calibration factor for Young’s
1,800psi and six times the UCS for 5,600psi confining modulus is close to 0.25 and 0.85 for Poisson’s ratio
pressure (Figure 15). (Generally the Young’s modulus ratio can be as high as 0.9 in
This particular rock condition presents a challenge because shallower reservoirs with larger permeability, but we observed
the required underbalance needed to clean up the perforating an average ratio of 0.4 to 0.6 in shallower tight gas reservoirs).
tunnel and remove the damage zone will exceed the critical The UCS and confined Mohr Coulomb rock mechanics tests
drawdown pressure. This situation will create an instantaneous show that the friction angle averages 39 degrees with 1,500 psi
very high load impact on the rock that results in grain crushing cohesion pressure, but the rock compressive strength increases
around the wellbore, in addition to the damage induced by the from 6,500 psi UCS to 30,000 psi for 5,600 psi confinement
perforating jet (Figure 16). For this particular rock type, the pressure (Figure 18). The increase in rock strength associated
ideal condition is to perforate the rock at balanced reservoir with the change of confinement pressure (which is similar to
condition because the formation compressive strength is having underbalance or overbalance larger than 2,000 psi
equivalent to the UCS. Based on the geomechanical model, during the wellbore-reservoir pressure stabilization transient)
this condition is more easily achieved when the pressure inside is reflected in a reduction of charge penetration, as reported by
the wellbore is near that of the reservoir. various studies.32–33 There are several relations for
Taking into consideration that in tight gas reservoirs the determination of the compressive strength based on porosity
procedure to clean perforations using the underbalance measurements, but most of them show large variations over
technique gives in the best of the cases partial results as the same porosity range. A particular one developed for
documented by King et al. in 1986 and other authors in recent Burgos is presented, but still a large scattering is observed
years, it was decided to have optimum penetration and tunnel (Figure 19).
condition perforating using the Near Balance Perforating
Technique. In addition, the first interval was perforated using Geomechanical Condition. In a simple manner, perforating
the longest possible carrier to have an additional underbalance performance is a function of the effective stress defined as the
uncontrolled dynamic pressure at a controlled static difference between overburden and formation pressure.
underbalance condition in the order to 200 to 500 psi as Reductions as large as 25% in penetration are observed when
documented previously by Terry Walker, Jack Brown, and the effective stress varies from 0 to 15,000 psi.
George Briggs in 19697 and Larry Salz in 1974.14
The downhole performance of the perforating guns largely
depends on charge to casing clearance, formation strength,
formation effective stress, (correlating overburden and
reservoir pressure), hydrostatic pressure, and casing
strength.32–35 In addition, the target lithology, grain size, and In the case of the deeper tight gas reservoirs, the effective
matrix distribution also affects the downhole performance of stress ranges between 3,000 psi and 6,000 psi. When
the charges. These factors, however, are still difficult to compared to the rock properties, we can observe that the
consider in simulations and are still under investigation. critical pressure from Mohr’s circle is an average 60%, which
gives a high probability of shear failure if large underbalance
Mechanical Restrictions. Normally the 2in. Hollow Steel perforating is used.
Carrier is used for wells completed in 3.5in. tubing or re- In the case of the well D-101, the overburden pressure was
perforating jobs, the 2.5 in. carrier is used in 4.5 in. tubing and as high as 13,776 psi at 4,000mts. The reservoir pressure
new wells completed with 3.5in (2.993 in. nominal ID) when calculated from gas entry during the drilling process was
perforations are done with fluid up to the surface valves approximately 9,000 psi and the critical reservoir pressure was
because the maximum expansion of the gun after firing in estimated as 4,399 psi.
these conditions is 2.625 in. The maximum drawdown based on actual rock condition
can be estimated from Griffith criteria and the Mohr-Coulomb
Charge Performance. In this particular case, the preferred criteria.
perforating system is HSC in 2 in. or 2.5 in. size. The average The Griffith criteria provides an estimation of the critical
API 19B charge performance for these systems shows a shear failure condition from a relationship between the radial
penetration of 18.3 in. and 26.5 in., and an average entry hole stress and the pore pressure when the medium stress is close to
of 0.22 in. and 0.32 in. respectively (Figure 17). The minimum the reservoir pressure which is the case for overpressured tight
required entry hole for the selected charges is 0.21 in. to gas reservoirs. In general, if Sm = ( S1 + S2 + S3 ) / 3 ,
prevent bridging of the fracture proppant as previously
documented (Figure 11). The clearance is controlled in both Toct = ( 8 * St * Pp ) ½
cases. In the smaller case, however, the carrier provides some
clearance to have good charge performance. The charges, Where, St is a function of the UCS of the rock. In the case of
primacord, and detonator used were of the HMX type, rated at the well D-101, the CDP value was estimated as 6,241 psi,
4000F for 1 hour. which gives a static drawdown maximum close to 2,791 psi.
The Mohr-Coulomb criteria gives a CDP value of 5,402
psi for a maximum drawdown of approximately 4,198 psi.
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If the well is completed with treated water, the static first interval. The intervals that follow should be
underbalance will be approximately 3,300 psi, which is too perforated before flowing the well and releasing
close to the critical pressure of the reservoir and shear failure the pressure that keeps the balance wellbore-
could be induced if the well is perforated in this condition. reservoir.
Based on this, it was recommended to apply an additional o Wait for a few minutes after the detonation of the
3,000 psi on surface before the detonation of the gun. It was perforating gun to allow for the stabilization of the
verified that the pressure after perforating increased by fluids downhole.
approximately 350 psi. The flowing pressure of the well was o While flowing the well after the completion of the
controlled to be higher than the critical value before the perforating job, prevent any drawdown below the
hydraulic fracture job was performed successfully (Figure 20). critical reservoir pressure.
o Whenever possible, use the dipole sonic or
Perforation Job Planning and Performance Prediction – standard sonic and density information to calculate
PerfProTM. There are various software models used to predict the modules and calibrate them using field
the performance of the charges. In this particular case, correlations. The RockXpertTM software usually
PerfProTM software was used because it is one of the latest provides good correlation to determine critical
models that includes API 19B tests and it is based on actual sanding pressure and fracture pressure. This will
tests over different rocks. Parameters were selected based on also indicate the extension of the hydraulic fracture
the reservoir information previously reviewed in this paper. and will help in the design of the job to optimize
The results are presented in Figure 21. results.
• The problems related to sand screen-out, tortuosity, and
Effect of the Empty Space in the HSC in Nearbalance friction while performing the hydraulic fracture were
Perforating. The amount of additional underbalance for a drastically reduced after the general use of the
2.5in OD and 6mts length hollow steel carrier under reservoir nearbalance perforating technique.
conditions with 300 psi static underbalance exceed 1,000 psi • The nearbalance perforating technique, integrating
additional dynamic underbalance as shown in Figure 10. geomechanical properties of the formation with actual
The comparison of the pressure transient response between well conditions, is a helpful method to maintain good
a static underbalance condition and the dynamic nearbalance perforating efficiency without additional cost in large
condition shows that the static pressure recovering is marginal, volume operations such as the Burgos basin.
indicating skin or formation damage, while the second one
shows a good recovery to the original reservoir pressure. Acknowledgements
This evaluation was performed using the specialized The authors would like to thank PEMEX and Halliburton
software SurgeProTM. For dynamic underbalance applications, for permission to publish this paper. We would like to
this process is performed during the planning and design recognize the participation of PEMEX and the service
phase, depending on actual reservoir conditions. Special companies in the application of this type of technology to add
chambers and devices are used to control drawdown during value to the client.
the transient time.
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SPE 108480 7
Charge
Case
Detonating Liner
Cord
Detonator Explosive
Main Load
Explosive
Booster
Powder
12000 80
Perforation event
8000
Pressure - MPa
50
6000 40
30
4000
20
2000
10
Hydrostatic head
6000 200
Abbas et al.
5000
100
4000
50
3000
0
2000 -50
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Perforation Orientation Angle, degrees from Fracture Orientation
Breakdown Width Function
Gun/Charge Type
Gun Position
2-1/2" Millennium
Eccentered
Avg Formation Penetration
Avg Exit Hole Dia
9.06 in
0.27 in
Simulation using Perf-Pro
Shot Phasing 180 deg Simulation
for 12% using Perf-Pro
porosity, 3600Ffor
Shot No. 1 2 12% porosity,
reservoir 3600F reservoir
temperature and
Orientation, deg 0.0 180.0
Gun Clearance, in 0.0 1.33 temperature and 15,747 psi
Formation Penetration, in 8.87 9.25 15,747 psi formation
Exit Hole Dia 1st Csg, in 0.31 0.26 formation compressi e
compressive strength
POZO: D-101
COLUMNA GEOLÓGICA E.M.R. = 64.88
94.46 m
AFLORA
19 m INICIÓ PERF.:05-FEBRERO-03
T.R. 20” K-55, 94 lb/pie. TERM. PERF: 16-MAYO-03
MIOCENO
CATAHOULA
148 m INICIO TERM: 01-JUNIO-03
403 m
INTERVALOS ATRACTIVOS
PARA PRUEBAS DE PRODUCCIÓN
OLIGOCENO
VICKSBURG
EOCENO SUP.
JACKSON SUP.
A 2225 m, GL = 200 U
2246 m Dens. de 1.45 A 1.43 gr/cm³
2254m
P.P. 4:
2270 m
A 3006 m, GL = 228 U
3345m
Dens. de 1.88 A 1.81 gr/cm³ P.P. 3:
EOCENO SUP.
JACKSON MED. 3360 m
3525 m
A 3529 m, GL = 569 U P.P. 2: DISP: (11-08-04); PI= 900 psi (63 Kg/cm²),
Dens. de 2.01 A 1.93 gr/cm³ Pf= 1500 psi (105 Kg/cm²)
3540 m
3815 m
P.P. 1: DISP. (31-07-04); Pi= 4000 psi (281 Kg/cm²),
3825 m Pf= 4500 psi (316 Kg/cm²)
Penetration as ƒ(target)
Compressive Effective
Strength Stress Penetration*
Target (psi) (psi) (in) Comments
Concrete 6,600 0 15.49 Benchmark surface shot
0.30
0.26
Poral Failure Region
Porosidad
0.24
0.22
0.20
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
PNC, psi
Figure 16 – Rock Failure in Burgos Basin as a function of the Effective Confinement Pressure
Figure 17 – API 19B Test for the Shaped Charge – HSC System
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D-1
100
Compresibilidad, 1/psi x 106
a
cf =
1 + be −cφ
10
1
0.06 0.10 0.14 0.18 0.22 0.26 0.30
Porosidad
100
Compresibilidad, 1/psi x 106
Newman (C & H)
Newman (Horne)
Burgos
10
1
0.06 0.10 0.14 0.18 0.22 0.26 0.30
Porosidad
WHP>0
Overburden
Hydrostatic Pressure
Reservoir Pressure
CS – 6480psi CS – 15068psi
Ph = Pr (UCS) Ph < Pr (1800psi)