Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing has been conducted in Vietnam since 1994. It was applied to existing wells to improve production performance of declined wells. Then a hydraulic fracturing for appraisal wells is recently becoming more common to evaluate a tight sand reservoir. However, a hydraulic fracturing has many difficulties and constraints in terms of design and operation in Vietnam because it is conducted in offshore and its market is still small compared with other region. Especially, frac boat and equipment are limited to mobilize to Vietnam.
This paper introduces a typical hydraulic fracturing design and operation in offshore Vietnam. And the challenges of offshore hydraulic fracturing in Vietnam are shown based on some case studies. Finally requirements and perspectives for future development are discussed.
