Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Abdulrahman A Al-Mulhim

Mohammed A Asiri

Sultan S Alotaibi

Method for detecting and remediating plug failure during plug-and-perforation operations can include forming perforations the casing of a wellbore at an first stage; recording instantaneous shut-in pressure (ISIP) of an injection test at the first stage (ISIP); recording ISIP of fracking operations at the first stage (ISIP); setting a plug uphole of the perforations and downhole of planned perforations for a second stage; recording ISIP of an injection test at the second stage (ISIP); determining the plug has failed if ISIP≤ISIPand ISIP≤ISIP); based on determining the plug has failed, calculating a volume of communication between the first stage and the second stage; pumping a fluid carrying powdered palm tree leaves downhole while measuring surface pressure until the surface pressure stops increasing; and forming perforations the casing of a wellbore at the second stage.

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Al Salmaniyah, Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman A Al-Mulhim