A new, fully automated completion system contributed to improved safety and efficiency of plug and perforate completions on 34 horizontal wells completed in west Texas Delaware Basin between 2018 and 2020. By enabling nearly continuous frac operations and wireline transitions in three minutes or less, the new system helped reduce the average time-to-complete a well by 38% compared to the average performance on the operator's nearby wells completed using a traditional latch.

Keywords:
completion installation and operations, new completion system, gate valve failure, hydraulic fracturing, ball launcher, well pressure, completion equipment, efficiency, completion cost, upstream oil & gas
Subjects:
Hydraulic Fracturing, Information Management and Systems, Perforating, Completion Selection and Design, Completion Installation and Operations, Completion equipment, Completion Operations
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