... Abstract A ball-activated sliding sleeve design for multistage cemented lateral completions has been developed that allows multiple frac sleeves to be opened using the same diameter ball, significantly increasing the total number of sleeves available in the completion design. This paper...

... included both single-leg laterals and dual-leg laterals of varying lengths. In 2013, this operator decided to compare the completions of a series of wells utilizing frac sleeves, combined with both O/H packers and cemented liners. Prior operator experience with ball-drop sleeve activation systems had...

... collaboration multistage fracturing packer frac sleeve operator upstream oil & gas zonal isolation fracture treatment completion equipment hydraulic fracturing requirement contact area ball seat proppant spe 133540 bakken differential north dakota well integrity design...