Iron Carbonate Scale Inhibitor Selection for Low-Permeability, High-Temperature, Low-Pressure, and Low Water-Cut Gas Wells in Chalk Formation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tawfik Al-Ghamdi ◽  
Ping Chen ◽  
Thomas Hagen ◽  
Mohamed Hamam ◽  
Muzzammil Shakeel
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Scale Inhibitor ◽  
Gas Wells ◽  
Iron Carbonate ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Water Cut

Calcite Scale Mitigation in a Very Low Watercut, Low Salinity, HPHT Environment: Lessons Learned in Surveillance, Mitigation and Scale Inhibitor Performance Monitoring for an Onshore Field

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan J. Wylde ◽  
Alexander R. Thornton ◽  
Mark Gough ◽  
Rifky Akbar ◽  
William A. Bruckmann
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Scale Inhibitor ◽  
Monitoring Programs ◽  
Mineral Scale ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Scale Control

Abstract A prolific Southeast Asia onshore oilfield has enjoyed scale free production for many years before recently experiencing a series of unexpected and harsh calcite scaling events. Well watercuts were barely measurable, yet mineral scale deposits accumulated quickly across topside wellhead chokes and within downstream flowlines. This paper describes the scale management experience, and the specific challenges presented by this extraordinarily low well water cut, low pH, calcium carbonate scaling environment. To the knowledge of the authors, no previous literature works have been published regarding such an unusual and aggressive mineral scale control scenario. A detailed analysis of the scaling experience is provided, including plant layout, scaling locations, scale surveillance and monitoring programs, laboratory testing, product selection and implementation, and scale inhibitor efficacy surveillance and monitoring programs. The surveillance and application techniques themselves are notable, and feature important lessons learned for addressing similar very low water cut and moderate pH calcium carbonate scaling scenarios. For example, under ultra-low watercut high temperature well production conditions, it was found that a heavily diluted scale inhibitor was necessary to achieve optimum scale control, and a detailed laboratory and field implementation process is described that led to this key learning lesson. The sudden and immediate nature of the occurrence demanded a fast-track laboratory testing approach to rapidly identify a suitable scale inhibitor for the high temperature topside calcium carbonate scaling scenario. The streamlined selection program is detailed, however what could not be readily tested for via conventional laboratory testing was the effect of <1% water cut, and how the product would perform in that environment. A risk-managed field surveillance program was initiated to determine field efficiency of the identified polymeric scale inhibitor and involved field-trialing on a single well using a temporary restriction orifice plate (ROP) to modify the residence time of the injected chemical. The technique proved very successful and identifed that product dispersibility was important, and that dilution of the active scale inhibitor had a positive effect on dispersibility for optimum inhibitor action. The lessons learned were rolled out to all at-risk field producers with positive results. The ongoing success of this program continues and will be detailed in the manuscript and presentation. This paper demonstrates a unique situation of calcium carbonate scale formation and control that utilized a previously unreported and analytical surveillance approach. The cumulative performance derived by improving not only chemical selection, but the way the wells were managed via surveillance and chemical management decision making processes is compelling and of value to other production chemists working in the scaling arena.

The Research on Rational Proration to Low Yield and Pressure Gas Well in Tight Gas Reservoir

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 1647-1650
Author(s):  
Deng Sheng Lei ◽  
Zhi Lin Qi
Keyword(s):  
Low Pressure ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Gas Wells ◽  
Liquid Loading ◽  
Gas Reservoir ◽  
Gas Well ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Tight Gas Reservoir

The rational proration is the prerequisite condition of realizing the high gas production and steady production of gas reservoir. Especially to the tight gas reservoir, due to the very low permeability, there are many low yield and low pressure gas wells. Because low yield and low pressure, the gas well is easily effected by the liquid loading and the change of working system, which cause the degree of reserve recovery decrease, more seriously make the gas stop producing directly. Based on the seepage rule in tight gas reservoir and analyzing the every factors influencing the production of low yield and pressure gas well, the low yield and pressure gas well have been classified to several types. And the gas well yields of different type have been optimized.

Low-Pressure, High-Temperature Oxidation of Tungsten

JOM ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 490-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Perkins ◽  
D. D. Crooks
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
High Temperature Oxidation ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Temperature Oxidation

Advance Water-Flooding to Reduce the Stress Sensitivity Affect on Low Permeability Reservoir Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 520-525
Author(s):  
Jun Feng Yang ◽  
Han Qiao Jiang ◽  
Han Dong Rui ◽  
Xiao Qing Xie
Keyword(s):  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Stress Sensitivity ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Formation Pressure ◽  
Exponential Relationship ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoir ◽  
Reservoir Development ◽  
Water Cut

Physical simulation experiments were made to research on the stress sensitivity on physical property of low permeability reservoir rocks. The experimental results shown that effective pressure had good exponential relationship with reservoir permeability. Combining with materaial balance method, reservoir engineering and rational deducation was made to reserach on water-flooding timing of low permeability reservoir development. Several production targets were obtained by these method, such as formation pressure, water and oil production, water cut and so on. The results shown that advanced water-flooding was very important in low permeability reservoir development to reduce the bad impact of stress sensitivity on formation permeability and maintain formation pressure.

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