This paper evaluates dominant and currently applied completion methods by comparing wells in the Middle Bakken continuous resource play that have used all identified systems. The authors discuss these completion designs and methods and fracturing operations that are often executed. Assessment of viability and production efficiency of multiple-entry-point fracturing-sleeve-system (MEFSS) completions as compared with other completion methods is the primary focus of the complete paper.
Introduction
The three most common completion techniques in the Middle Bakken are plug and perforation (P&P), single-entry-point fracturing-sleeve systems (SEFSSs), and MEFSSs. Traditional P&P techniques were developed initially for vertical-well applications and then adapted to horizontal wellbores.
