Quantifying the Factors Influencing Gravel Placement and Productivity of an Internally Gravel Packed Completion based on Field Data Analysis

Welling, Rudy W.F. and Jonathan, Philip and Reijnen, Paul H.F. and Samuel, Allan J. (1995) Quantifying the Factors Influencing Gravel Placement and Productivity of an Internally Gravel Packed Completion based on Field Data Analysis. In: SPE European Formation Damage Conference, 1995-05-15 - 1995-05-16.

Abstract

A detailed analysis of 341 internally gravel-packed zones in wells from three oil fields was carried out to determine which parameters significantly influence the placement of the gravel in such a completion and the well's resulting productivity.The database analysis demonstrates that, in addition to the well-known impairing factors, such as dirty completion fluids and viscous fluid-loss control pills, the performance of gravel packs can be improved by increasing the number of perforations - especially in 7" completions. This suggests that the perforation tunnel is the most critical area in an internally gravel-packed completion.