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12-zone intelligent completion installed with ZERO issues
Case Study - Middle East

12-zone intelligent completion installed with ZERO issues

Record-breaking SmartWell® completion doubles number of zones in a single well

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Specific Challenge

long horizontal well

REGION - MIDDLE EAST

Middle East

REGION - MIDDLE EAST

Challenge

  • Long horizontal well – more than 10,000 ft tbc
  • Control compartments for water breakthrough
  • Intervention required

Solution

  • 12 SmartPlex® electro-hydraulic multi-drop HS interval control valves (ICVs) to control from surface, without intervention
  • Fiber optics through all completions zones
  • DataSphere® Opsis™ Permanent Downhole Gauges
 

Result

  • Installed first 12-zone intelligent completion — setting a world record
  • Performed job flawlessly, with ZERO recordable incidents and ZERO HSE issues

Overview 

Halliburton set a record with the successful installation of a 12-zone intelligent completion for an operator in the MENA. This installation doubled the number of zones Halliburton has ever completed in a single well.

The 12-zone SmartWell® system completion included 12 SmartPlex® electro-hydraulic interval control valves (ICVs), distributed fiber-optic sensing from hanger to toe and DataSphere® Opsis® downhole pressure and temperature gauges at the heel and toe. This extended-reach completion had more than 10,000 feet of 6 5/8-inch lateral section (total measured depth 21,555 feet).

Solutions

The potential risk of water breakthrough at the early stages of production necessitated a well completion design to curtail water encroachment. Halliburton recommended a 12-zone intelligent completion that included the SmartPlex downhole control system paired with SmartWell ICVs to provide better response to drawdown and water ingress, maximizing productivity and improving well performance. In addition, the completion design included fiber optics and Opsis gauges to monitor and transmit well information to surface.
1st

in world

12

zone completions

21,555

ft (MD)

ZERO

HSE issues

Results

Halliburton successfully delivered the record-breaking 12-zone intelligent completion as designed, with ZERO incidents and ZERO HSE events. Following installation, the team also verified the ICVs, monitoring and fiber-optic devices continue to function properly.

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