Evolution of a Hybrid Fracture/Gravel-Pack Completion: Monopod Platform, Trading Bay Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska

Abstract

This paper reports that placing a small fracture job before an inner-casing gravel pack has evolved as the preferred completion method for some reservoirs in Cook Inlet, AK. The hybrid completion gives the theoretical benefit of higher initial rates provided by the fracture and continuity of production provided by sand control.