Evaluating cost alternatives for supplying proppants to an unconventional reservoir in Colombia

The supply of proppants to unconventional reservoirs is one of the biggest challenges that oil companies are facing in order to complete wells on time while minimizing costs. With this in mind, this article seeks to propose alternatives for supplying proppants to wells and to devel...

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Autores: Garcés Carreño, Laura Daniela, Duarte Duarte, Juan Benjamín, Garavito Hernández, Edwin Alberto, Mateus Tarazona, Darwin Clemente, Pérez Carrillo, Edgar Ricardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Industrial de Santander
Repositorio:Repositorio UIS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:noesis.uis.edu.co:20.500.14071/6650
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafuentes/article/view/5592
https://noesis.uis.edu.co/handle/20.500.14071/6650
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Unconventional reservoirs
Proppants
Monte Carlo Simulation
Yacimientos no convencionales
Propantes
Simulación de Monte Carlo
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Sumario:The supply of proppants to unconventional reservoirs is one of the biggest challenges that oil companies are facing in order to complete wells on time while minimizing costs. With this in mind, this article seeks to propose alternatives for supplying proppants to wells and to develop an evaluation using Monte Carlo simulation, which is one of the best tools based in lowest cost criteria. Results of this research show how under the given conditions and estimations, the best alternative the direct import is done by the oil company, considering that the cost is lower compared with other options such as buying the oil from a technical service company or from a third-party import company.