Method of performing a perforation using selective stress logging

A method of performing a perforation operation at a wellsite, the wellsite positioned about a subterranean formation, the wellsite having a geometric completion design for perforating stages along a well of the wellsite, the method comprising:

• drilling the well at the wellsite and measuring wellsite data comprising drilling stress data;
• logging the well and generating a stress log;
• generating a stress contrast distribution for each of the stages of the well based on the wellsite data of the well, the wellsite data comprising the drilling stress data and the stress log, the stress contrast distribution comprising a difference between maximum and minimum stress for each of the stages;
• generating a stress association between the drilling stress data and data from the stress log;
• drilling a new well at the wellsite and measuring new wellsite data comprising new drilling stress data;
• generating a new stress contrast distribution for each of the stages of the new well based on the new wellsite data of the new well and the stress association, the new wellsite data comprising the new drilling stress data of the new well;
• generating a production forecast of the new well using the geometric completion design for the new well and a predicted production forecast of the new well based on the new stress contrast distribution and an engineered completion design;
• comparing a cost of a new stress log of the new well with a change in revenue between the geometric completion design production forecast and the predicted production forecast of the engineered completion design;
• if the change in revenue comprises an increase in revenue which is greater than the cost of the new stress log, then logging the new well and defining the engineered completion design based on the logging;
• and perforating the new well using the engineered completion design whereby stress logging may be selectively performed.

A method of performing a perforation operation at a wellsite, the wellsite positioned about a subterranean formation, the wellsite having a geometric completion design for perforating stages along a well of the wellsite, the method comprising:

• drilling the well at the wellsite and collecting wellsite data comprising drilling stress data;
• logging the well and generating a stress log;
• generating a stress contrast distribution for each of the stages of the well based on the wellsite data of the well, the wellsite data comprising the drilling stress data and the stress log, the stress contrast distribution comprising a difference between maximum and minimum stress for each of the stages;
• generating a stress association between the drilling stress data and data from the stress log;
• drilling a new well at the wellsite and measuring new wellsite data comprising new drilling stress data;
• generating a new stress contrast distribution for each of the stages of the new well based on the new wellsite data of the new well and the stress association, the new wellsite data comprising the new drilling stress data of the new well;
• generating a production forecast of the new well using the geometric completion design for the new well and a predicted production forecast of the new well based on the new stress contrast distribution and an engineered completion design;
• comparing a cost of a new stress log of the new well with a change in revenue between the geometric completion design production forecast and the predicted production forecast of the engineered completion design;
• if the change in revenue comprises an increase in revenue which is greater than the cost of the new stress log, then logging the new well, defining the engineered completion design based on the logging, and perforating the new well using the engineered completion design;
• if the change in revenue is less than the cost of the new stress log, then forming perforations in the new well by perforating the new well using the geometric completion design;
• injecting stimulation fluid into the formation through the perforations in the formation;
• and producing fluid from the well.