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The Empire Abo field, located in New Mexico, US, covers 11,000 acres (12.5 miles long by 1.5 miles wide) and contains approximately 380 millionstock tank barrels (STB) of original oil in place (OOIP).[1][2] This reservoir is a dolomitized reef structure (Figure 1) with a dip angle of 10 to 20 from the crest toward the fore reef. The oil column is approximately 900 ft thick, but the average net pay is only 151 ft thick. The pore system of this reservoir is a network ofvugs, fractures, and fissures because the primary pore system has been so altered by dolomitization; the average log-calculated porosity was 6.4% BV. Numerical simulations of field performance and routine core analysis data have indicated that the horizontal and vertical permeabilities are about equal.
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Abstract Yates Petroleum has developed successful drilling and completion practices through experience with 200 wells in the Pecos Slope Abo gas field. several methods have been used for estimating ultimate reserves from the wells in this low permeability reservoir. The most promising is a drawdown analysis that matches promising is a drawdown analysis that matches computerized type curves with data on daily flow rates and tubing pressure. Introduction The Pecos Slope Abo gas field was discovered in June of 1977 when Yates Petroleum re-entered the Honolulu McConkey #1 in Section 10-9S-26E of Chaves County, New Mexico. By the end of 1979, only one well had been connected to a pipeline. Twenty more wells began production in 1980. Development began in production in 1980. Development began in earnest after May of 1981 when the Abo formation was designated as a tight gas formation under Section 107 TF of the Natural Gas Policy Act. This designation covered 1.54 million acres in Chaves and DeBaca counties (Figure 1). By September of 1982, 292 wells were producing an average of 73.5 MMcf/D or about 252 Mcf/D per well. The two principal operators are Yates Petroleum with 114 producing wells and Mesa Petroleum with 114 producing wells and Mesa Petroleum with 91. Petroleum with 91.In May of 1982, Yates and ANR Production applied for tight sand designation for 5.1 million additional acres to the west and north of the approved tight gas area. About 15 wildcats have been drilled in this extension area (Figure 1) and several wells have been completed as small producers. In addition, about 150 wells within the original field are waiting on pipeline connection. Many of these are scheduled to be connected in the Fall 1982. The Abo sandstone is a siltstone consisting of quartz, feldspar and mica, cemented with calcite and clays. The reservoir rock is known informally as a "red bed" section. These silty sandstones were probably deposited by a river system, flowing generally from the northwest to the southeast during Permian Time. Productive zones in the main portion of the field occur at depths between about 3500 and 5000 feet. Permeability estimates in the producing zones normally average between 0.03 and 0.05 md. The reservoirs are underpressured with average bottom-hole pressure of 1125 psig. Table 1 shows the pressure of 1125 psig. Table 1 shows the composition of the sweet gas produced. The wells now produce into a pipeline pressure of 200 psia. The purchaser has contracted to reduce the pipeline pressure further to 150 psia in the future. The purpose of the paper is to describe how Yates Petroleum drills and completes a well in the Pecos Slope Abo field and then estimates reserves. DRILLING PRACTICES Total depth of a typical well in the developed portion of the field is 4200 ft. Two or three strings of casing are required depending on the severity of lost circulation problems in the basal San Andres. The well problems in the basal San Andres. The well is spudded with fresh water gel, and surface casing is set at the top of the Slaughter zone at 300 to 900 ft. The New Mexico oil Conservation Division requires that cement be circulated behind this string of casing to protect the fresh water. Normally, 40.5#, protect the fresh water. Normally, 40.5#, 10 ¾" J-55 is used but 8 5/8" casing can be substituted if there is no chance problems further downhole. problems further downhole.
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- North America > United States > New Mexico > Chaves County (0.24)
- Geology > Mineral > Silicate > Tectosilicate (0.54)
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