Engineering Visual Presentation E12: Logistical challenges of the largest fracture stimulation in Australian history
Kelvin Wuttke A *A
Kelvin Wuttke is one of the Directors at inGauge Energy. Kelvin is a Drilling and Completions Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, encompassing onshore, offshore, and conventional and unconventional operations. With a wealth of leadership roles with Egis, Chevron, Santos and inGauge his expertise spans drilling and completions design, well integrity, stimulation, workovers, artificial lift and pipeline operations. Kelvin has successfully managed complex projects including international offshore operations, conventional onshore projects in the Cooper Basin, and unconventional CSG and shale developments in Queensland and the Northern Territory, including combined drilling, completion and stimulation activities, remediation workovers, underbalanced drilling and abandonments. As a Chartered Professional Engineer, Kelvin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and a Master of Business Administration. |
Abstract
Engineering Visual Presentation E12
The stimulation of Empire Energy’s Carpentaria-3H shale well in the Beetaloo Basin of the Northern Territory (NT) was the largest in the Australian petroleum industry history, successfully placing 6000 tonnes, the entire stock of frac sand available in Australia at the time. The significantly larger planned fracture stimulation of Carpentaria-5H will stretch the logistical capability of the relatively small Australian petroleum industry and the capability of the Beetaloo region and the NT. This paper will discuss the logistical challenges of the initial frac campaigns and the way forward for ongoing operations. The challenging logistics will require extensive preparation and a coordinated approach with local and remote suppliers, and the NT government. In the future continuous operations will require an evolution in these techniques to ensure operations can be cost-effectively managed whilst minimising risks.
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Keywords: Beetaloo, challenges, fracture stimulation, logistics, Northern Territory, optimisation, remote, sand sourcing.
Kelvin Wuttke is one of the Directors at inGauge Energy. Kelvin is a Drilling and Completions Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, encompassing onshore, offshore, and conventional and unconventional operations. With a wealth of leadership roles with Egis, Chevron, Santos and inGauge his expertise spans drilling and completions design, well integrity, stimulation, workovers, artificial lift and pipeline operations. Kelvin has successfully managed complex projects including international offshore operations, conventional onshore projects in the Cooper Basin, and unconventional CSG and shale developments in Queensland and the Northern Territory, including combined drilling, completion and stimulation activities, remediation workovers, underbalanced drilling and abandonments. As a Chartered Professional Engineer, Kelvin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and a Master of Business Administration. |
