Acid Treatment Job

Objective

• Increase permeability by dissolving

clays and other pore plugging materials
such as Calcite near wellbore.
• Clays maybe naturally occuring
formation clays or those introduced from
completion, or workover fluids.
 McLeod Guidelines
For General Conditions :

BHT > 225 F --- > 13.5 % HCl - 1.5 % HF

For Low Perm Zone 10 – 50 mD

Lo-Clay < 5 % --- > 6% HCl – 1.5% HF

--- > preflush 7.5% HCl or 10% Acetic Acid

Hi-Chlorite >5% --- > 10% Acetic Acid – 0.5% HF

--- > preflush 10% Acetic Acid
 Running Stages
• Preflush : HCL is introduced to remove carbonates from the wellbore and adjacent
rocks. Also run to ensure flushing of CaCl2, NaCl, or KCl on any area where HF shall
be flowing. Some pre-flush also use aromatic solvent to remove paraffinic deposit.
When no carbonates present on the wellbore and formation, Diesel oil, kerosene,
crude oil, or NH4Cl can be used.
• HF-HCL stage : Solution often mixed with 1.5% HF + 13.5% HCl + anionic-nonionic
surfactant, and corrosion inhibitor. 75-150 gal/ft of sandstone formation open to
wellbore.
• Afterflush : 5-10 % HCl, 2% NH4CL, 5-10 % mutual solvent or clean filtered
kerosene, diesel oil+0.1% water-wetting non emulsifying surfactant. 200 gal/ft or
larger if precipitates are suspected to appear.
• Post Acid Treatment : Select and use demulsifier at high concentration, avoid
comingling of spent acid and salt water, minimize the concentration of fines and
precipitates.
General Requirement of Acidizing Run

• Filter all fluids through a two micron filter

• Pump all at low rate : 0.25 – 0.5 BPM
• Be aware that HF Acid spends rapidly so that it
needs to be removed within one hour after
treatment is completed to reduce damage due
to emulsions or insoluble precipitans.
 X01 Well

• Existing reserve 78,000 bls

• Prod rate 71 bfpd, 55 bopd
• Low Perm < 50 mD due to clay 22 %
• Kaolinite 15 % --- > migration
Illite 7 % --- > migration
• Suspect mobilized components
precipitated inside and around
perforation
 X09 Well

• Existing reserve 68,000 bls

• Prod rate 214 bfpd n 19 bopd, initial 5738
bfpd n 5680 bopd
• Decline naturally
• Mobilization & precipitation Illite
• Scale precipitation around wellbore
 Z-05 Well

• Existing reserve 315,200 bls

• Prod rate 3751 bfpd n 75 bopd, initial
5408 bfpd n 2408 bopd
• Trace of clay matrix
• Calcerous cement
• Perforation plugged by Calcium Carbonate
HCl ACID
U$ ----- > EXIST. RESRV INITIAL PRODUCTION CURRENT PRODUCTION
WELL NO. Bbls Bfpd Cut Bopd Bfpd Cut Bopd

MSBG - 05 315,210 5,408 50% 2408 3,751 98% 75

MSBG - 07 179,160 8,030 86% 1,120 4,939 97% 148

MSAC - 16 233, 230 1,407 12% 1,230 1,013 88% 120

MUD ACID
U$ ----- > EXIST. RESRV INITIAL PRODUCTION CURRENT PRODUCTION
WELL NO. Bbls Bfpd Cut Bopd Bfpd Cut Bopd

MSJ - 75 78,000 100 13% 87 26 50% 13

MSAC - 12 67,800 5738 1% 5,680 214 91% 19

MSAC - 17 84,000 1,112 0.40% 1,100 385 74% 100

 ACID JOB COST ON KURAU FIELD WELLS

HCl ACID JOB

U$ --------- > CHEMICAL SERVICES OTHERS TOTAL SUB COST EXIST. RESRV
WELL NO.

MSBG - 05 37,800 43,500 37,000 118,300 315,210

MSAC - 16 41,800 43,500 37,000 122,300 233, 230

MSBG - 07 41,800 43,500 37,000 118,300 179,160

MSAC-21 33,800 41,000 34,000 108,800 53,545

MSBG-06 37,800 43,500 37,000 118,300 178,870

155,200 171,500 145,000 586,000

MUD ACID JOB

U$ --------- > CHEMICAL SERVICES OTHERS TOTAL SUB COST EXIST. RESRV
WELL NO.

MSJ - 75 31,010 30,500 25,000 86,510 78,000

MSAC - 12 55,925 43,500 37,000 136,425 67,800

MSAC - 17 55,925 43,500 37,000 136,425 84,000

142,860 117,500 99,000 359,360

TOTAL COST 2006 945,360