Macondo MC_252-I-A Losses Analysis

Jianguo Zhang Steve f,illson

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L o s s e sl o c a t i o n :
- Mostly in 14-90 elow the lB" b p LCM i11 behavior casing shoe from

L o s s V o l u m e :6 3 0 0 b b l s

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- Depth:9050ft - F G i n s a n d : 1 1 . 2 4p p g - E C D :l l . 7 p p g - 0 P , :1 2 . 3 8 p p e - Pp: 10.lpg - Hole size: 20" - Y o u n g ' s r n o d u l u s :4 8 3 0 0 0p s i ( f r o n r correlation between e f f e c t i v e o v e r b r r r r i e rs t l e . s s a . n dY o r u r g ' s n o c l u l u s ) r

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"Penny-shape" is assumed: - 2 . I , model . i; :-;
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Maximum average and fracture wiOtn: * lw

l{hcrc I x, = half fracture length

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ir6 = flactule W.,., w :

height. width, in. ;

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Losses volume:llL{-,{. t i::, !,.,.,11

I hcrc: f" - fraction of seepage loss (0.2 is assumed in

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Fracture length: = 2578ft xr = Fracture height:hr5155 ft
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ll90 cand Q 9050 ft.

Basedon the calculation,losses already reachedthe zone behindthe 22'casing.

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Shearmodulus: Maximum fracture width: Averagef racture width:
n|t et^e: E=Young'smodurus; r,=Pc,isson'sratio, = Q1 los.srate, bpu; cp;

PKNmodelgeometry (xt> hrt

x; = fracture half length. ft; W*,"= naxirnunfracture widt.h, in. ;

s = a v e r a g ef r a c t u r e w i d t h . i n . ; 'y = flacture geonetly factor' (0.75 for. PKN ,.::i:,T model). "

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Note (1) Lossesintothis zone is 2300 bbls(confirmed with Mark Hafle). (2) Pumpat 6 bpmto keepholefull(Feb.18dailyoperation) (3) FromMark'sStressOage work. (4) FromFeb 18 dailymud report. Resul t

(1) Half fracture length predictedto 2130ft.lt maypropagatewith losses is be more (2) Average fracture wjdth 0.162 (4122 is in microns)

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0hservettinn: . B i g l o s s e s ( o v e r 6 0 0 0h b l s ) . l i r . t l e flow back. . D i f f e l e n t t y p e s o f L C I \p i l i s d r d 4 not nolk very weIl, eveu EZ-squeeze v i t l r s i z e u p t o 3 0 0 0n i c l o n . Possible explanation: Induced ft'actures are genelated at earJy st.age (lover loss rate). Then t h e i n d r r c e df r a c t r r l e s a l e c o n n e c t e d t o t h e n a t u r a l f l a c t . u r : e s ,r v h i c h c a u s e dh i g h l a t e o f l o s s e s . Further analysis nay help: ' tlheck to see if fault,/natural fractur.e

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2130ft

2130r f

exist frou 6400 ft 1 o I 1 , 7 0 0 f t T V D a l . 2 0 0 0 f r - 3 0 0 0 f r . a r o r r n dw e l l b o r e

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