Abstract
Summary We performed scaled model tests to study the relation between completion and treatment parameters and the near wellbore geometry for highly deviated, cased perforated wellbores. We have instrumented our casings to observe the moment fluid flow around the casing causes a signi®cant increase in the amount of pressure acting on the wall of the borehole. When fluid flow around the casing occurs extensively before fracture initiation, this leads effectively to an open hole situation at the moment of initiation. Otherwise the perforations will be the only possible initiation sites. In our experiments with a perforation phasing of 90° the perforations on top of the borehole acted in most cases as initiation sites. We performed stress calculations with a simple analytical model to understand the influence of the perforation angle on initiation pressure and fracture propagation.
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