Patent ID: 6601648
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A method of completing a well having a wellbore and one or more production zones comprising a first selected production zone with a first selected production zone formation pressure, said method comprising:filling said wellbore with a completion fluid having a density such that a hydrostatic pressure of said completion fluid created within said wellbore adjacent said first production zone is less than said first production zone formation pressure; providing a production packer above said first production zone; installing production tubing within said well with a rig such that a bottom end of said production tubing is positioned above said first selected production zone; applying an applied pressure to said wellbore such that a total pressure of said hydrostatic pressure and said applied pressure in said wellbore adjacent said first selected production zone is greater than or equal said first selected production zone formation pressure; perforating said wellbore adjacent said first selected production zone; positioning a dual-screen assembly in said wellbore adjacent said first selected production zone; and pumping fracturing slurry around said dual-screen assembly and into said first selected production zone with sufficient force to fracture said first selected production zone.