HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AS A SAND CONTROL METHOD Experimental work on the VBR-24 well, Vibora Field, Bolivia (Record no. 131134)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 02875nmc a2200229 4500
008 - CÓDIGOS DE INFORMACIÓN DE LONGITUD FIJA - INFORMACIÓN GENERAL
Campo de control de longitud fija 260224s2001 xxu ing
041 ## - IDIOMA
Idioma Inglés
245 00 - TITULO
Título HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AS A SAND CONTROL METHOD Experimental work on the VBR-24 well, Vibora Field, Bolivia
Subtítulo SPE 69584
260 ## - PUBLICACION, DISTRIBUCION, ETC
Lugar de publicación, distribución, etc. Dallas, Texas
Nombre de publicador, distribuidor, etc. Society of Petroleum Engineers
Fecha de publicación, distribución, etc. 2001
270 ## - FECHA DE CARGA
Fecha de carga 12/09/06 ; 17/07/01
520 ## - RESUMEN, ETC
Resumen This paper describes an experimental work in Hydraulic Fracturing performed on a gas reservoir that has a very thick friable sandstone, the object of which is to control the production of formation sand and optimize field exploitation. The Yantata formation in the Vibora Field in Bolivia is formed of a very fine-grained sandstone that is poorly consolidated, with a thickness of 80 meters net average. It produces gas and condensate and has serious sand production problems. In order to avoid the sand influx, the wells were produced with very small choke orifices for years, restricting the field’s hydrocarbon production. Lately gravel packing has been used with good results, but the great thickness of the productive reservoir leads to the need for more than one packing per well. This necessitates the use of complex and costly dual facilities that at the same time impede production in the same well of other two reservoirs present in the field. The hydraulic fracturing was carried out on the VBR-24 well and was designed to open about 40 meters in height from the top of the reservoir, where only 7 meters were perforated and vertical communication was ensured for at least the top half of the total thickness of the reservoir, eliminating possible sedimentary barriers. In order to neutralize sand migration a proppant covered with curable resin was used. The resin coating increases the strength of the sand grain to resist crushing and, as it cures in the formation, the coating bonds the individual grains together impeding flow-back and without reducing greatly the permeability. The results obtained were successful because the well produces more gas and condensate than the majority of the wells that produce with gravel packing, it does not add sand and it has a simple facility that eases entry into the well for future interventions.
942 ## - DESC. DE MATERIAL
Tipo de item KOHA Congresos (trabajos presentados)
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Casares, Miguel Angel
9 (RLIN) 6415
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Talavera, Juan Felipe
9 (RLIN) 6416
111 2# - AUTORIDAD DE CONGRESO
Nombre de congreso Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (7th : 2001 mar. 25-28 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)
9 (RLIN) 5738
700 1# - OTRA AUTORIDAD PERSONAL
Nombre Talavera, Juan Felipe
9 (RLIN) 6416
711 2# - ENTRADA AGREGADA--NOMBRE DE REUNIÓN
Nombre de congreso/reunión o jurisdicción como elemento de entrada Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (7th : 2001 mar. 25-28 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)
800 1# - RESPONSABLE EDICION
Nombre Casares, Miguel Angel
9 (RLIN) 6415
856 ## - LINK
Link <a href="https://biblioteca.iapg.org.ar/ArchivosAdjuntos/LACPEC2001/Spe69584.pdf">https://biblioteca.iapg.org.ar/ArchivosAdjuntos/LACPEC2001/Spe69584.pdf</a>
711 2# - ENTRADA AGREGADA--NOMBRE DE REUNIÓN
-- 5738
Holdings
Biblioteca propietaria Biblioteca actual Fecha de adquisición Inventario Total de préstamos Inventario Fecha de carga Tipo de item KOHA
Biblioteca virtual Biblioteca virtual 03/03/2026 200003207   200003207 03/03/2026 Archivo electrónico


Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas
Maipú 639 (C1006ACG) – Buenos Aires – Argentina
Tel: (54 11) 5277 IAPG (4274)
Lu - Vie 11 a 17 hs
Mail: biblio@iapg.org.ar


Copyright © 2026, Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas, todos los derechos reservados.

Protección de datos personales