Challenges:
Kuwait’s conventional reservoirs have been developed predominantly using conventional vertical wells and completions. Infill drilling activities to target undrained portions of reservoirs increasingly require horizontal and multilateral wells in view of surface space constraints. ICDs are commonly used and are required to be flexibly deployed to manage increasing water production. In addition, exploration activities are targeting deep, high pressure gas-condensate reservoirs with high level of H2S necessitating the use of specialized materials for drilling and completions equipment, along with amended techniques. As activities increasingly target non-conventional reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells, and other stimulation methods, will become commonplace, and drilling techniques will need to be developed to minimize formation damage and maximize productivity from tight reservoir sections.