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Case study: Field studies guide PEMEX Burgos basin
natural gas drilling project
Challenge Increasing gas production
PEMEX wanted to enhance oper- In January 1994, a PEMEX task force developed a new approach for significantly
ating resources and capabilities increasing gas production from the Burgos basin of northern Mexico. PEMEX wanted
by using Schlumberger Integrated to enhance operating resources and capabilities by using integrated service companies
Project Management (IPM) to to meet the high demand for natural gas in industry and power generation in Mexico.
increase gas production from the PEMEX contracted with the IPM team in 1997 on the first integrated project. The
Burgos basin of northern Mexico. project plan called for the IPM team to acquire 3D seismic data on 250 mi 2, perform
2 integrated reservoir studies, drill 31 wells, and construct a gas-gathering station and
Solution 4 gas compression plants. The IPM team completed the work in 11 months.
IPM provided rig provision
Integrating services and full project management
and management; well drilling;
directional drilling; drilling fluids; The relationship and trust between PEMEX and IPM have grown since that first project,
cementing; logging; completion as has the scope of IPM responsibilities: from providing integrated services to full proj-
and stimulation; production ect management—planning through implementation. IPM is currently undertaking the
enhancement and logistics; fifth major integrated project contract in the Burgos basin.
and civil works. In the latest contract, IPM
Nuevo
Laredo will provide all engineering,
Results project management and
United States
Schlumberger delivered 375 wells related services to bring
over 5 contracts. Well completion Arcos 310 wells on line. IPM respon-
Paleocene
times were reduced by 40%. Reynosa
sibilities will include designing
Arcabuz
Wells were efficiently stimulated Culebra Matamoros the drilling programs; provid-
Pena
Blanca 26 ° ing and managing rigs; and
using the PowerSTIM* well opti- Miocene
mization service, increasing pro- supervising and performing
Eocene Oligocene
ductivity by 5% to 10% per well. completion, perforating,
Gulf of
New drilling opportunities were Mexico Mexico fracturing, and well-testing
identified and a better under- operations. In addition, the
standing of reservoir structure IPM team will develop all
and stratigraphy was developed. engineering plans for produc-
tion enhancement, and
manage and execute wellsite
supervision, directional
drilling, data collection,
drilling fluids selection, and
flowline installation. The IPM
Geographic location of the Burgos basin. team will also supervise and

Integrated Project Management

Case study: Field studies guide PEMEX Burgos basin
natural gas drilling project
manage all logistics, waste
management, and construction
of access ways and wellsites.
From January 2003 to January
2004, IPM completed 72 wells,
Collaboration between PEMEX and Schlumberger

performed 93 fracture jobs, and

tested 122 intervals with a collec-
Facilities
optimization
tive initial production rate of
Intelligent
wells Surface facilities modeled
by PipeSIM* net
5.35 million m3/d [189 MMcf/d].
Locations
P3 Water separator
P1 P
P2
Flow Sink
Maximizing production
lines
Manifold
from tight sandstones
The success of Schlumberger ECLIPSE*
reservoi
PowerSTIM service in optimizing simulatorr

gas production has been one

Gas p
roduc
tion o
of the project highlights. This inte-
ptimiz
ation
grated optimization service has
identified producible sandstone
IPM provides engineering, project management, and zones with permeability
related services to bring wells on line and develops as low as 0.05 mD.
engineering plans for production enhancement. In one well, a ClearFRAC* poly-
mer-free fracturing fluid was used
in a newly fractured interval. This stimulation treatment resulted in a gas production rate
of 110,000 m 3/d
[4 MMcf/d] versus the originally expected production rate of 40,000 m 3/d [1.5 MMcf/d].
Applying expertly designed production optimization solutions in the Burgos basin has
resulted in highly successful completions and significantly increased the long-term
producibility of these wells.

Generating new prospects

PEMEX personnel and a multidisciplinary team of geologists, geophysicists, and engineers
from Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services (DCS) conducted six integrated field stud-
ies in the Burgos Central area. The data from these studies identified new drilling opportu-
nities and provided a better understanding of reservoir compartmentalization.
The data also contributed to a new understanding of the complexity of the reservoir.
As a result, the project team decided to acquire new seismic data before continuing with
ongoing reservoir studies. With the new seismic data, the team renewed their reservoir
studies by integrating seven 3D seismic data cubes into one megacube. The goal of the new
reservoir evaluation was to generate 50 new prospects within the study area. Integrating
the megacube and associated well data resulted in a new and more accurate 3D fault model
for the Burgos central area that generated 67 new drilling prospects, easily surpassing the
original project goal. The exploratory and step-out wells recommended from the study
significantly increased field reserves.

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