Minimum Produced Water from Oil Wells with Water-Coning Control and Water-Loop Installations

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Jin ◽  
Andrew Krzysztof Wojtanowicz
Keyword(s):  
Produced Water ◽  
Oil Wells ◽  
Water Coning

Rich-Gas Condensate Huff and Puff Process in High-Volume, Watered-Out, and Highly Viscous Heavy Oil Wells, Case Study in Iraq

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueqing Tang ◽  
Ruifeng Wang ◽  
Zhongliang Cheng ◽  
Hui Lu
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Quality ◽  
Oil Wells ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Foamy Oil ◽  
Artificial Lift ◽  
Water Coning ◽  
The Dead

Abstract Halfaya field in Iraq contains multiple vertically stacked oil and gas accumulations. The major oil horizons at depth of over 10,000 ft are under primary development. The main technical challenges include downdip heavy oil wells (as low as 14.56 °API) became watered-out and ceased flow due to depleted formation pressure. Heavy crude, with surface viscosities of above 10,000 cp, was too viscous to lift inefficiently. The operator applied high-pressure rich-gas/condensate to re-pressurize the dead wells and resumed production. The technical highlights are below: Laboratory studies confirmed that after condensate (45-52ºAPI) mixed with heavy oil, blended oil viscosity can cut by up to 90%; foamy oil formed to ease its flow to the surface during huff-n-puff process.In-situ gas/condensate injection and gas/condensate-lift can be applied in oil wells penetrating both upper high-pressure rich-gas/condensate zones and lower oil zones. High-pressure gas/condensate injected the oil zone, soaked, and then oil flowed from the annulus to allow large-volume well stream flow with minimal pressure drop. Gas/condensate from upper zones can lift the well stream, without additional artificial lift installation.Injection pressure and gas/condensate rate were optimized through optimal perforation interval and shot density to develop more condensate, e.g. initial condensate rate of 1,000 BOPD, for dilution of heavy oil.For multilateral wells, with several drain holes placed toward the bottom of producing interval, operating under gravity drainage or water coning, if longer injection and soaking process (e.g., 2 to 4 weeks), is adopted to broaden the diluted zone in heavy oil horizon, then additional recovery under better gravity-stabilized vertical (downward) drive and limited water coning can be achieved. Field data illustrate that this process can revive the dead wells, well production achieved approximately 3,000 BOPD under flowing wellhead pressure of 800 to 900 psig, with oil gain of over 3-fold compared with previous oil rate; water cut reduction from 30% to zero; better blended oil quality handled to medium crude; and saving artificial-lift cost. This process may be widely applied in the similar hydrocarbon reservoirs as a cost-effective technology in Middle East.

scholarly journals Insights on Geochemical, Isotopic, and Volumetric Compositions of Produced Water from Hydraulically Fractured Williston Basin Oil Wells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya J. Gallegos ◽  
Colin Doolan ◽  
Rodney Caldwell ◽  
Mark A. Engle ◽  
Matthew Varonka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Produced Water ◽  
Oil Wells ◽  
Williston Basin

Segregated production method for oil wells with active water coning

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew K. Wojtanowicz ◽  
Hui Xu ◽  
Zaki Bassiouni
Keyword(s):  
Production Method ◽  
Oil Wells ◽  
Water Coning

scholarly journals New Technologies to Improve the Performance of High Water Cut Wells Equipped With ESP

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudad H Al-Obaidi ◽  
Smirnov VI ◽  
Khalaf FH
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Water ◽  
Oil Wells ◽  
Simultaneous Injection ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut

The article deals with theoretical and practical issues of improving the efficiency of operation of high-water cut oil wells by developing and applying double-acting pumping systems based on electric submersible pumps. This combination is providing down-hole gravitational separation of oil and produced water, lifting low-water-cut oil to the surface with simultaneous injection of most of the separated water into the absorbing formation without lifting to the surface. Moreover, it is providing low-cost regulation of the ratio of the volumes of the lifted product and the injected water, as well as monitoring the quality of the injected water with the required frequency.

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