What’s Hiding in Your Treating Pressure? How SAFA Separates Pipe and Perf Friction

Accurately separating pipe friction from perforation friction establishes the critical baseline for reliable perforation efficiency and Uniformity Index (UI) calculations.

• Conventional approaches, like step-down tests and spec sheet curves, mathematically struggle to decouple these variables and frequently misrepresent wellbore friction, masking true downhole performance.
• Misinterpreting this friction can lead to costly operational errors—such as unwarranted rate cuts or unaddressed distribution issues—potentially resulting in over $200,000 of poorly informed spending per well.
• By leveraging direct acoustic friction measurements derived solely from high-speed surface pressure data, SAFA removes this ambiguity, allowing operators to detect anomalies early and optimize limited-entry performance on the fly.

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