Magnum Oil Tools successfully deployed 20 Magnum Vanishing Plugs (MVP) wellbore isolation tools in the Utica for CONSOL Energy, the company said March 8.
The first MVP was set at a measured depth of 19,863 ft and the subsequent MVPs were set 200 feet apart during fracking operations. All 20 vanishing plugs were run in conjunction with a Magnum Hot Rod, which gave CONSOL a stage-by-stage snapshot of wellbore pressure and temperature conditions.
Before the well was put on production, CONSOL performed a cleanout run to see what was left of the vanishing plugs, and all had dissolved.
The well is now on production with an initial 24-hour flow test of 61.9 million cubic feet per day at an average flowing casing pressure of 8,312 psi.
“The MVP was chosen for this job because the plug aligns with CONSOL’s focus on increasing operational efficiency while lowering risk exposure post-frack,” Craig Neal, vice president of operations for CONSOL, said.
“The downhole temperature environment we had with our well was well-suited to the design of these plugs. Operationally, CONSOL had no issues setting the plug or with plug slippage during the frack,” he said.
Garrett Frazier, director of sales and marketing for Magnum Oil Tools, said the plugs have been used worldwide.
CONSOL Energy Inc. is based in Pittsburgh.
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