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March
2001 Supplement
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About the Petroleum
Technology Digest
Case studies for Independent Producers |
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Horizontal wells extend
the Tulare Sands play in Belridge field, California
Larry Knight, Jim Martin
and Janet McAlee, Nuevo Energy Company |
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The Hopkins Fee in Belridge field had no production
when Nuevo Energy Company purchased its interests in this field in Kern County, California, in 1996. |
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Gel polymer treatments
provide lasting production, economic benefits
Jerry Green, Castle Resources, Inc.;
Randy Prater, Polymer Systems Inc. (PSI); and Dwayne McCune, PTTC North Midcontinent
Region
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Castle Resources Inc. performed gel polymer
treatments on four Arbuckle Sand producers in its Vine A lease in the Solomon field in Ellis County,
Kansas, during 1995. |
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Pressure-activated
sealant repairs casing leaks
Doug Torr, CamWest and David Rusch, Seal-Tite,
LLC |
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Sustained casing pressure and fluid loss due to
casing leaks are ongoing and expensive problems in older oil and gas fields. |
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Walking beam-operated
compressor offers solution for wellhead compression
Chris Huff, Jack Huff, O&G
Producer; Trent Day, Aghorn Operating, Inc.; Kevin Sipes, Chisos Operating, Inc.; Mike
McGinnis, Range Resources; and Charles McCoy, Permian Production Equipment Inc. |
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Using a walking beam-operated gas compressor,
operators can increase production and reduce operating costs on rod-pumped wells by drawing gas and gas
pressure from the casing to allow additional hydrocarbon flow. |
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