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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Mohammed A. Asiri, Al Salmaniyah, SA;
Abdulrahman A. Al-Mulhim, Al Salmaniyah, SA;
Sultan S. Alotaibi, Al-Kharj, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
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.