Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) co-authored and published a peer-reviewed technical paper documenting a successful MPC stimulation pilot in a fractured tight carbonate formation across 10 production layers.
The target formation had a recovery factor of 1–3% and had delivered limited results from conventional acid stimulation. The MPC treatment was deployed as an alternative stimulation approach for hard-to-recover formations.
Following treatment, wells recorded a production increase of 50–140%. Performance was evaluated over a 6-month post-treatment period — sustaining results beyond what conventional stimulation had achieved in the same formation.
The paper was presented at OTC Asia 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, peer-reviewed, and indexed on OnePetro — co-authored by Kuwait Oil Company reservoir engineers and the MPC technical team.
Why this case matters
Tight, fractured carbonates with low recovery factors are exactly where conventional acid jobs short-circuit through high-permeability streaks and leave the damaged matrix untreated. The KOC pilot demonstrates the thermal-chemical mechanism working in the formation type it is designed for — and being documented to a standard sophisticated operators can evaluate.
A peer-reviewed, operator-co-authored case is the strongest reference point available to North American operators evaluating MPC on tight carbonate and acid-resistant formations.
Application direction
For U.S. and international operators, the KOC paper is the leading analog when assessing MPC on tight carbonate plays, low-RF reservoirs, and wells where repeated acid stimulation has plateaued.