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  CASE HISTORY

Hybrid
  Multistage Completion Fractured Record-setting
Lateral
  Length in Argentina, Improved Efficiency
Location:  
  Neuquén,  Argentina
 
 
Results
■ Fractured the longest shale lateral
in Argentina
■ Completed 28 stages with zero
HSE incidents
■ Eliminated post-frac intervention
requirements and minimized pump times
and water requirements in the lower
13 stages
■ Accelerated completion times with
continuous, round-the-clock operations

Challenges
■ Extended-reach horizontal application
with a 2 016-m lateral
An operator in Argentina drilled the first extended strategically placed in the lower section of the well ■ Constraints around mobilization logistics
lateral well in the Vaca Muerta formation—reaching to enable stimulation without the need for post- and horizontal reach capabilities of available
a total measured depth of 5 332 m (17,493 ft) with fracturing through-tubing milling operations. IN- coiled tubing units
an extension of 2 016 m (6,614 ft)— and called on Tallic frac balls were used because they ■ Treat stages in a record-setting lateral
Baker Hughes to deliver a completion solution that disintegrate downhole to assure flow. In only 41 length as efficiently as possible
could efficiently treat 28 stages. But the availability hours, a total of 2 131 884 kg (4.7 million lb) of ■ Effectively cement the liner with a double
of coiled tubing, which is typically used to run milling proppant was delivered into the lower section of casing diameter (5 in. to XVOR 4.5 in.)
tools to remove frac plugs after plug-and-perf style the well via a continuous pumping operation.
completions, was a concern. Because no pump-downs were required for the first Baker Hughes solution
13 stages, water usage was reduced by 625 m3. ■ Worked with operator to design and deploy
To address this extended-reach application,
a hybrid completion solution
Baker Hughes designed a custom hybrid completion ■ Cemented only the section of the
After the bottom zones of the well were fractured,
solution consisting of FracPoint™ ball-activated
the Baker Hughes team fractured the upper section well designed for a plug-and-perf
sleeves with IN-Tallic™ disintegrating frac balls, and
of the well using 17 QUIK Drill composite plugs to style completion
QUIK Drill™ composite frac plugs.
create reliable stage isolation. After the final stages ■ Installed 13 FracPoint ball-activated sleeves
First, the top section of the well, designed for a plug- were fractured, the plugs were quickly drilled out with openhole packers to create stage
and-perf-style completion, was successfully using a single mill dressed with Glyphaloy™ isolation in the lower section of the well
cemented, keeping the casing clean and free of Advanced Milling Technology (AMT™) carbide, ■ Ran and set 17 QUIK Drill composite frac
densified fluids. Advanced cementing capabilities which features an engineered shape that has been plugs in the upper section of the well
and thorough planning and design helped to avoid optimized for high performance and extreme ■ Used Glyphaloy mill to remove all plugs
slurry contamination and settling in the upper durability. ■ Coordinated 24-hour, continuous operations
section of the well, while leaving the lower section of
This custom hybrid solution helped optimize
the well in an openhole state for the FracPoint
treatment efficiency and effectiveness at all lateral
sleeves.
depths, taking into consideration the operator’s
Leveraging torque and drag modeling, the Baker costs and equipment constraints. At the time of the
Hughes team successfully installed a total of 13 job, the treatment of the 2 016 m lateral marked the
FracPoint ball-activated sleeves, which were longest fractured horizontal well in Argentina.

 
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