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Geomechanical Modeling for Previous HitOptimizingNext Hit Production in Tight Sand Reservoir in K-Previous HitFieldNext Hit, Malacca Strait, Indonesia.

Abstract

Commercial oil rates are not easy to attain in reservoirs with permeability less than 5 mD. The challenges in the K-Previous HitFieldNext Hit are tight sand reservoir with low permeability and high reservoir rock strength. Selection of the best development scenario in the K-Previous HitFieldTop, located onshore in the Malacca Strait Block, Indonesia has been undertaken continuously since 2004, one of which is hydraulic fracturing. The key to this successful hydraulic fracturing was a tailored data acquisition program, followed by petrophysical analysis and geomechanical modeling, resulting in well-founded fracturing designs Geomechanical modeling is required to determine the optimum hydraulic fracture geometry to cover the challenges of geological uncertainty and the high cost of fracturing operations. It is essential to have detailed knowledge of petrophysical and geomechanical formation properties, in particular permeability, Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio, pore pressure and the principal geological stresses of the reservoir and surrounding formations The integration of geomechanical analysis during the fracturing design phase is expected to increase the chance of success of a fracturing project by reducing failure possibility resulting from misleading geometry predictions.