02364nmc a2200217 4500 20260521175326.0 260224s xxu PD I116 1 0015668 Martinez, Eduardo 2876 Espina, Cristian 45297 Alvarez, Diego 35459 Lopez Pese, Guillermo 57996 Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Perforación, Terminación, Reparación y Servicio de Pozos (3ro. : 2017 sept. 25-28 : Buenos Aires) 57483 PINPOINT COMPLETION TECHNOLOGY IN THE VACA MUERTA SHALE: A CASE STUDY 5/6/2019 ; 11/10/2018 23 p. The development of unconventional resources has had a tumultuous and disruptive influence on global energy markets. The excitement and promise of previously untapped and unrecognized resources has led the energy industry to often rely upon the "tried-and-true" methods that brought unconventional production to the forefront in north America, in hopes that similar results could be achieved in other basins around the globe. In many cases, proving the economic viability of a new play is considered "good enough" with optimization of the resource recovery left for some future date. The presented case study will document one operator's early steps towards well and reservoir performance optimization through the application of pinpoint completion technology in the Vaca Muerta shale. The resulting impacts on well completion costs, field operations, logistics, and forecasted ultimate reserve recovery will be presented. Finally, an overview of the theory regarding the impact of stress shadows and potential completion options that are entirely unique to the pinpoint completion method will be presented. The application of these new methods may hold the potential to redefine the asset values of many of the world's largest untapped hydrocarbon energy reserves. It is crucial that the custodians of those assets are well informed of all the technologies and techniques available to them, and can reach optimized completion designs early in the life of the reservoir, when those impacts are capable of greatest effect. https://biblioteca.iapg.org.ar/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=abe5d93d4e37260ef296cbf34496228f CONGTP ddc 192156 192156 0 0 0 0 259975 CDIAPG CDIAPG PD I116 1 0015668 2026-03-06 200064446 0 PD I116 1 0015668 200064446 2026-03-06 00:36:11 2026-03-06 ARCHIVO