Nine Energy completes first 50 stage Divert-A-Frac system
HOUSTON -- Nine Energy Service successfully completed its first 50-stage Divert-A-Frac open hole system for a large independent operator in the Williston basin.
All 50 stages were successfully placed and the stimulation job was completed as designed with a total of 3.5 MMlb of proppant and 52,300 bbl of fluid. The stimulation took just over 50 hours, averaging ~1 hour per stage, with zero non-productive time (NPT) related to the system operation.
"The operator was looking for a single-point entry solution to significantly increase their stage count from 35 to 50 without resorting to limited entry cluster stimulation," said Rickey Green, V.P. for the Rocky Mountain Region. "This success was a result of detailed testing and analysis of Nine's Divert-A-Frac Port Sub (DAFPS-III) frac sleeve to confirm the 50-stage design was sound."
Green and his team worked closely with the operator to engineer the system for their 10,000-ft laterals. The DAFPS-III frac sleeves were pressure tested with dissolvable metallic actuation balls, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis demonstrated that ball-on-seat performance would not be affected by the planned proppant stimulation in the 50 sleeve system.
"This success demonstrates Nine's ability to engineer and execute a customized solution to fulfill operator needs," said Ann Fox, president and CEO.
