Hybrid completion method employed for longest horizontal unconventional well in Argentina

摘要

The vast shale oil and gas resources of Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation in the Neuquen basin were first tapped in 2010. Since then, operators have been trying to increase production while reducing well costs. They have experimented with both vertically and horizontally oriented wellbores, hydraulic fracturing, increased wellbore segmentation, and various completion techniques.