Abstract: A mechanical isolation plug and method for monitoring the mechanical isolation plug in a wellbore, including deploying and setting the mechanical isolation plug at a target position in the wellbore to isolate downhole of the plug from uphole of the plug, allowing fluid downhole to flow through a perforated carrier of the plug to contact a tracer system in the perforated carrier to release a tracer into the downhole fluid, flowing produced fluid produced uphole of the plug through the wellbore to the Earth surface, collecting a sample of the produced fluid at the Earth surface and performing analysis of the sample for detecting presence of the tracer in the sample, and evaluating integrity of the mechanical isolation plug based on the analysis.

Abstract: A wellbore stimulation operation method includes conveying a downhole assembly into a wellbore a first time, the downhole assembly including a perforating gun and one or more friction-reducing subs operatively coupled to the perforating gun, axially aligning the perforating gun with a production zone penetrated by the wellbore, triggering operation of the perforating gun and thereby creating a plurality of perforations in the production zone, removing the downhole assembly from the wellbore and replacing the perforating gun with a plug, conveying the downhole assembly including the plug into the wellbore a second time, axially aligning the plug with a location downhole from the plurality of perforations, centralizing the plug within the wellbore with the one or more friction-reducing subs such that sealing elements included in the plug are not damaged while traversing the plurality of perforations, and deploying the plug within the wellbore downhole from the plurality of perforations.