4 Editor’s Notes
Janet Emr, Marathon Oil Company
Introduction
5 The Propellant Technology Development
Group and the licensees
7 Introduction to the StimGun family
of products
8 Tools, components and industry usage
Brent Kirschner, Owen Oil Tools
12 Safety and regulatory compliance
David Boston, Owen Compliance Services, Inc.
Joe Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
Background
15 Historical and technical perspectives
Joe Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
20 Demonstration of pressure wave motion in the
well caused by a dynamic event
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
24 Effective penetration is enhanced by the
StimGun™ assembly
Dan Pratt, Owen Oil Tools
25 Propellants can break through formation
damage created by perforating
James Barker, Jet Research Center, a division of Halliburton Energy
Services
John Hardesty, Jet Research Center, a division of Halliburton Energy
Services
Phil Snider, Marathon Oil Company
29 A nodal analysis of why near-wellbore
fracturing with propellant increases
productivity
John Gilbert, Marathon Oil Company
Craig Beveridge, Owen Oil Tools
Products & Applications Overview
33 Product testing to develop and confirm tool
35 Candidate well selection for the StimGun™ assembly technology
Bob Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
37 When StimGun products may be the wrong choice
Joe Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
39 Choosing the right tool and conveyance method
Phil Snider, Marathon Oil Company
42 Pre-job planning
David Cuthill, Computalog Wireline Services
Bob Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
44 PulsFrac™ software: How does it work? What does it do?
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
46 IES high-speed/high-shock downhole memory gauge
Scott Ager, Instrumentation & Engineering Services, Inc.
50 PulsFrac™ software and IES high-speed memory gauges used to design
and confirm propellant behavior, perforation breakdown,
and formation fracturing
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
Bob Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
Scott Ager, Instrumentation & Engineering Services, Inc.
56 Big-block surface test of the StimGun™ assembly
Brent Kirschner, Owen Oil Tools
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
59 Using the IES high-speed gauge in TCP drop bar applications
Casey Weldon, Baker Atlas
Alphie Wright, Baker Atlas
Application Type: Perforation Breakdown
63 An interview with Buddy Woodroof, ProTechnics Technical Manager
Paul Gardner, Marathon Oil Company
65 Does propellant help or hurt hydraulic fracturing?
E. Glynn Williams, Marathon Oil Company
67 An overview of SPE paper 63104: New techniques for hydraulic fracturing in
the Hassi Messaoud Field
Kent Folse, Halliburton Energy Services
68 Improving hydraulic fracturing effectiveness by wireline StimGun™ assembly
perforating in the San Andres Formation of West Texas
Kevin Miller, Marathon Oil Company
74 Underbalanced TCP StimGun™ assembly applications to obtain
initial production and improve hydraulic fracturing
77 An overview of SPE paper 71639: Field performance of
propellant/perforation technologies to enhance placement of proppant
on high-risk sand-control completions
Kent Folse, Halliburton Energy Services
78 Propellant assisted perforation breakdown examples
David Cuthill, Computalog Wireline Services
83 Restoring injectivity
Bob Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
Application Type: Near-Wellbore Stimulation
87 The first applications of TCP underbalanced propellant jobs in shallow
Rocky Mountain gas wells
Ralph Affinito, Marathon Oil Company
Larry Staten, Halliburton Energy Services
89 High-speed gauge data improves job success on wireline-conveyed
near-wellbore stimulations
Todd McAleese, Marathon Canada, Ltd.
91 Combining StimGun™ assembly with EOB perforation and acid
stimulation significantly improves New York state’s gas production
Craig Smith, The Expro Group (formerly with Halliburton Energy Services)
92 An overview of SPE paper 68101: A unique approach to enhancing
production from depleted, highly laminated sand reservoirs using
a combined propellant/perforating technique
Kim Hungerford, Halliburton Energy Services
93 Successfully combining the StimGun™ assembly with
Pow*rPerf™ technologies
Frank Oriold, Canadian Completion Services – The Expro Group
95 Slickline-conveyed StimTube™ tool stimulation: an alternative to
a high-rate acid fracture
Bill Barton, Tripoint, Inc. – The Expro Group
96 Propellants have dramatically increased production from heavy oil wells:
the need for hydraulic fracturing has been reduced
Kevin Newmiller, Precision Drilling
Perry Huber, Plains Perforating Ltd.
101 Enhancing sand/oil production in the Lloydminster Canada area
David Cuthill, Computalog Wireline Services
Lane Merta, Computalog Wireline Services
106 Stimulation of shallow gas wells
David Cuthill, Computalog Wireline Services
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Application Type: Open Hole Stimulations
111 Open hole completions: case histories and technical studies with formation
micro imaging (FMI)
Brent Kirschner, Owen Oil Tools
General Interest and What’s Next
117 Myths and misconceptions
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
122 Benefits of using high-speed gauge data to obtain rock properties
John Gilbert, Marathon Oil Company
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
David Cuthill, Computalog Wireline Services
Bob Haney, HTH Technical Services, Inc.
124 New product and technology development
John Schatz, John F. Schatz Research & Consulting, Inc.
