completion uids reduces formation damage in reservoir zone of gas wells Location: Yucal Placer / Lezama-Guarico, Venezuela OPERATORS CHALLENGE YPERGAS reported a skin damage up to 25-30 during a previous drilling campaign (2004) in the Yucal-Placer wells. Te reservoir section was drilled using an invert emulsion, which was recovered and reconditioned from the 12 -inch section with a density of 12.5 lb/gal and a oil-water ratio (OWR) between 70/30 a 80/20. Te reduced return permeability of the reservoir could have been attributed to: Pore size distribution tests were not performed to the reservoir rock to determine the concentration and dimension of the calcium carbonate as bridging agent. Te use of strong emulsifers in the invert emulsion. It is known that an invert emulsion can afect the gas reservoirs permeability, especially when the pore throat size is small. In such case, the capillary forces in structures that small can be signifcant. Poor well cleaning job; inefcient techniques for chemical- mechanical removal of the flter cake from the wellbore walls were used. Reservoir section was perforated directly with completion fuid (CaCl2), with no consideration of using additives to prevent pore structure blocking. For the N1-05 well, YPERGAS presented the challenge to Halliburton Baroid to design an integrated solution including drilling and completion fuids, as well as a wellbore cleaning strategy (post-drilling) that would minimize damage on the reservoir. Te target skin efect was less than 5. HALLIBURTONS SOLUTION Based on knowledge from the previous well Halliburton Baroid applied the Technical Process to design an integrated solution to meet all of the drilling and completion challenges of the well. A customized solution would help maximize reservoir potential. Te solution included: Pore size distribution analysis of the reservoir section from ofset wells through porosimetry, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron microscope to determine the optimal size of bridging materials to enable reservoir protection while drilling. Use Baroids proprietary WELLSET sofware with aloxite discs of 5, 10 and 20 micron to simulate and determine the optimum design of the bridging package. Tis guarantees an efective sealing of the formation according to the pore throat size. Use the BAROID 100 system (100% OBM) instead of an invert emulsion system, to avoid blockage due to emulsion (passive emulsifers) within the fne porous structure of the reservoir rock. Keep tight control of HP/HT fltrate bellow 4 ml/30 min and PPT values less than 8 ml /30 min to minimize the invasion of the fuid to the formation, by additions of DURATONE HT fltration control agent with ADAPTA fltration control agent on hand as contingency. Use CFG Completion Fluid Graphics proprietary sofware to design chemical train of pills to achieve an efcient cleaning of the wellbore, removing any external agent that could induce skin damage. Use LO-GARD service for fuid loss control to prevent water blocking, combined with a pill of CFS-485 microemulsion casing cleaner in order to reduce the entry of water-based fuid during the perforating. CFS-485 additive would remove any emulsion that could be formed when the completion fuid comes in contact with the fltrate of the oil-based fuid in the invasion zone. Reservoir Fluids Solutions Case History Baroid ECONOMIC VALUE CREATED YPERGAS exceeded the production target by 30% per day on N1-05 well with the application of this customized solution for the drilling, completion and WBCO (wellbore cleanout) operations in the reservoir. A similar solution was applied, with further customization to the bridging package, on the N1-06 well which also achieved 30% higher gas production per day than expected. N1-05 had an estimated skin factor of 8 and N1-06 a skin factor of 3.7, evaluated from a pressure build up analysis. Tese results were possible through the customized fuids plan. 2012 Halliburton. All rights reserved. Sales of Halliburton products and services will be in accord solely with the terms and conditions contained in the contract between Halliburton and the customer that is applicable to the sale. H09319 06/12 www.halliburton.com