Maximizing Production Recovery Through Innovative Formation Damage Treatment

Abstract

Formation damage can be a major challenge in maintaining the productivity and profitability of aging oil and gas wells. Traditional solutions, such as bullheading chemical treatments from the surface, often provide only a temporary boost in production and fail to address the root cause of the formation damage. The lack of sustainable and reliable outcome from such methods, have played a critical role in the search for an alternate approach that can effectively address the presence of formation damage and sustainably boost the production recovery in existing producing wells, This paper presents an innovative approach to overcome the adverse effects of formation damage and achieve sustained well production recovery. It is a data-driven process that integrates a downhole, hydraulically activated system to restore and sustain productivity of sub-par producing wells. The process involves selecting the proper well candidates, identifying the existing damage mechanism causing poor production, and designing the optimum treatment operationally deployed via a downhole, hydraulically activated system, specifically configured to match the wellbore condition and design requirements. This focused treatment delivery ensures sustained production uplift and increased operational reliability. Several field case studies are presented that demonstrates the effectiveness of this approach in eliminating formation damage and achieving sustained production recovery in existing wellbores.