Increasing lateral length allows operators to access and stimulate more reservoir while minimizing the surface footprint. This method also allows for a significant increase in efficiency per well as a single well bore can now access more horizontal reservoir in the zone of production.

Challenge

The increase in lateral length means that new technologies must be developed to optimize the operational efficiencies while providing economic advantages. Longer laterals can push beyond the limits of conventional completion technology; specifically coil tubing drillouts of plugs and profiles can become both costly and impossible.

Solution

Placed at the toe in extended reach applications, the Gatling BDS Limited Entry System eliminates the need to clean out the toe with coiled tubing by using dissolvable balls enabling significant cost savings.

Interra Energy’s Gatling BDS Limited Entry System allows multiple Gatling Sleeves to be opened with a single ball simulating a plug-and-perf cluster. This unique design enables an unlimited number of Gatling Sleeves to be deployed in a single cluster. The Gatling flow port configuration can be customized to match a limited-entry perforation (LEP) frac design commonly used in plug-and-perf completions.