Unlocking value from Surat Basin wells through innovative well completions, solids management, and intervention practices

Since the commencement of production in 2014, Shell’s Queensland Gas Company (QGC) Surat Basin coal seam gas asset has been constrained by high well intervention demands, materially impacting production availability and operating cost as the well population matured. Intervention demand has been driven primarily by solids-related artificial lift system failures, well cleanouts, and increasing integrity monitoring and remediation requirements. In response, QGC initiated a multi-year improvement pr