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The document discusses the development of a revised hydraulic fracturing workflow for gas reservoirs in Oman with unique geological properties. The workflow includes abrasive jetting perforations, fracturing fluid optimization for high pressure high temperature environments, modified fluid design, staged pumping schedules, engineered fracture design, and post-fracturing monitoring.

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The document discusses the development of a revised hydraulic fracturing workflow for gas reservoirs in Oman with unique geological properties. The workflow includes abrasive jetting perforations, fracturing fluid optimization for high pressure high temperature environments, modified fluid design, staged pumping schedules, engineered fracture design, and post-fracturing monitoring.

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Briner, Andreas & Moiseenkov, Alexey & Urquhart, Moira & Harianta, Rudi. (2013).

Six Steps to Successfully Design and Execute Hydraulic Fractures in the Khulud
Exploration Area, North Oman. 10.2118/163963-MS. In 2009 Petroleum Development Oman
LLC (PDO) started an ambitious tight and deep gas exploration programme, exploring
for previously untapped reservoirs, both conventional tight gas plays as well as
deep unconventional gas resources. These resources are typically in previously
undrilled formations at great depths, highly overpressurized with high
temperatures, and uncertain fluid fill and composition. The unique geological
properties of this type of reservoir require different strategies and technology
deployment in order to make them viable and sustainable (Briner et al., 2012).
With unique geomechanical, reservoir, and geological properties, some of the large
gas-bearing prospects within the Fahud Basin such as the Khulud exploration area
require innovative and complex drilling, completion and fracturing practices. A
revised hydraulic fracturing execution workflow, with specific technology
application, has been developed in order to account for such geological and
reservoir complexity. Because of the uniqueness of the structure in terms of depth,
temperature, reservoir pressure and stresses, different strategies should be used
for successful hydraulic fracturing.
This paper demonstrates the changes to the original understanding of fracturing
processes and execution in order to achieve successful fracturing implementation,
production testing and reservoir evaluation. Six main aspects are covered, these
are as follows: abrasive jetting perforations as a standard application, fracturing
fluid optimization in HPHT environment, modified fluid design, stair-step ramping
of the pumping schedule, engineered fracture design to achieve sufficient fracture
length and conductivity and post-frac flow-back monitoring and assessment.

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