An Innovative Inflow Control Device Technology with Sliding Sleeve Functionality Maximizes Recovery in Horizontal Wells

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Lee ◽  
Ali Al Julaih ◽  
Paolo Gavioli ◽  
Roberto Vicario ◽  
Hedy Suherdiana
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Inflow Control Device ◽  
Device Technology

Novel Active Inflow Control Technology for Optimized Flow and Reduced Intervention

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Dikshit ◽  
Vivek Agnihotri ◽  
Mike Plooy ◽  
Amrendra Kumar ◽  
Seymur Gurbanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Inflow Control Device ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
Subsequent Intervention

Summary Integrating a flow control sliding sleeve into a sand screen can provide multiple advantages to the user in controlling the production inflow, but it comes with an increased completion cost as well as an increase in the number of interventions required when it is time to operate those valves. Especially in long horizontal wells, this can become time-consuming and inefficient. A few technologies exist to address this issue, but they either are too complex or require specialized rigging equipment at the wellsite, which is not desirable. As described herein, a unique, fit-for-application modular sliding sleeve sand screen assembly with dissolvable plugs was developed that eliminates the need for washpipe during run-in-hole (RIH) and allows flow control from several screens by means of a single sliding sleeve door (SSD), thereby also optimizing the subsequent intervention operations by reducing the number of SSDs in the well. The design and field installation of these modular screens is presented in this paper. The new modular sand screen consisted of an upper joint, modular middle joint, modular middle joint with an inflow control device (ICD) integrated into an SSD (with optional dissolvable plugs), a lower joint, and novel field-installable flow couplings between them. The design allows for any number of non-ICD/SSD screen joints to be connected to any number of ICD/SSD joints in any order. A computer-aided design was followed to achieve all the operational and mechanical requirements. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to optimize the flow performance characteristics. Prototypes were manufactured and tested before conducting successful field trials. The design process, development, and field installation results are presented herein.

Latest-Generation Inflow Control Device Technology Provides Added Functionality During Completion With Improved Well Control Features

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin P. Coronado ◽  
Roy Woudwijk ◽  
Morry Infra ◽  
Adib Abdulmohsen Al-Mumen ◽  
Zaki Abdullah Al-Baggal
Keyword(s):  
Control Device ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Inflow Control Device ◽  
Device Technology

scholarly journals Research of inflow control devices for estimation of application in intellectual well

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-209
Author(s):  
R. A. Ismakov ◽  
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E. V. Denisova ◽  
S. P. Sidorov ◽  
M. A. Chernikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Vertical Wells ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Measurement Devices ◽  
Control Devices ◽  
Inflow Control Device

Ensuring the completeness of oil and gas production from the subsoil by using modern techniques and technologies for controlling the inflow into the well is an urgent task, especially for wells with long horizontal ends. Inflow control devices (ICD), used in conjunction with packers and downhole measurement devices, are part of such systems, covered by the concept of «smart well». In general, such systems make it possible to control the inflow (flow rate) in individual intervals of horizontal wells or in vertical wells of multilayer fields while operating simultaneously in order to optimize production without additional downhole operations in real time. Keywords: inflow control device; horizontal well; intelligent well.

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