First well stimulation project introduces global recovery technique to the MENA region.
10/16/2014
The completion of the first well stimulation project in the Middle East for a North American-developed fluid pulse technology holds the potential to add new production options for operators throughout the MENA region. The fluid pulse technology creates high inertial fluid momentum that improves the flow efficiency of the wellbore, near-wellbore region and reservoir and can increase oil production from existing fields by a factor of more than 200 percent. Developed in Alberta, Canada, fluid pulse technologies are now in use throughout North and South America, Latin America and more recently, the Middle East.
Inspired by Earthquakes
Inspiration for fluid pulse technology was developed through research into oil production following earthquakes. The researchers found generating a precisely controlled fluid pressure pulse allows the injected fluid to move outside the preferential flow path. The pressure pulses move fluid into and out of a larger number of pore networks, obtaining a more uniform injection front and resulting in increased oil production and recovery.