RapidFrac completion system, the recent addition to Halliburton’s horizontal completion portfolio, has been successfully deployed. New standards for fracture completion efficiency and post-fracture production can be set by operators with RapidFrac completion system. Halliburton is one of the largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.
Enhanced reservoir contact is allowed by the differentiating technology of this innovative horizontal sliding sleeve completion system. Increasingly complex completions are required by operators drilling longer laterals in a changing landscape. Several unique differences from the “plug and perforate” system and other similar techniques are delivered by the RapidFrac system.
A metering process is used by the RapidFrac system. Multiple sleeves isolated within an interval by swellable packers can be opened by a single ball with the RapidFrac system. Specific fracture requirements along a horizontal wellbore can be used to tailor each RapidFrac sleeve. This will enhance post-frac production. Maximized stimulated reservoir volume can be ensured as up to 90 sleeves can be incorporated into any one horizontal completion. The RapidFrac system reduces stimulation cycle time from days to hours by facilitating continuous pumping.
In a release, Marc Edwards, SVP of Completion and Production Division at Halliburton said, “The RapidFrac system allows operators to optimize completion design, reduce operational risk, and materially reduce the time to first hydrocarbons. This technology also enables Halliburton to increase the utilization of its unconventional asset fleet.”
Brigham Exploration and Williams Production Company have initially deployed the system in the Bakken Shale. Shale developments on a global basis however can be also applied with this technology.
Lance Langford, EVP at Brigham Exploration said, “Brigham’s success in the Bakken has been driven by its early adoption of game-changing technologies. We believe our industry is in the very early stage of developing tools and techniques to optimally exploit the Bakken and working with Halliburton to successfully launch its RapidFrac system is an example of what can be done in this world class resource.”
Williams drilled two comparable offset wells in order to prove this technology with Halliburton. The traditional “plug and perforate” method was used to complete the first offset well. The RapidFrac system was utilized by the second.
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