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Bahuguna, Ajay
Abstract Munga field of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) in Sudan has several wells that have commingle production from the Aradeiba, Bentiu-1 and Bentiu-2 formations. These formations are highly variable in terms of the reservoir properties, oil types and pressure regimes. Because of the contrast properties of different layers, the water cut phenomenon is relatively fast and severe which hampers the productivity and ultimate recovery of the individual well as well as the field. For effective Reservoir Management and to limit the declining trend of the field, Water Management Techniques are applied in some of the wells of this field. Information obtained in the process was used for reservoir model calibration, well productivity prediction, low productivity diagnosis, and generation of new drainage points and remedial action for water management. This paper discusses the technical details of three cases corresponding to the wells Munga-XX and Umm Sagura South-XX (USS-XX) and Munga-XY in which, a multidisciplinary approach has been implemented in order to determine depletion profile, produced oil and remaining reserves, locate any "by-passed" oil zones, determine oil and water contributions from each zone and shut off the excess water production while maintaining or increasing oil production. The source of water entry was identified in multi-rate production logging using Production Services Platform and electrical probes through Y tool-ESP completion. Vx meter was carried out at surface to real time monitoring the well production during the production logging survey. The well depletion profile was determined using Cased Hole Formation Resistivity (CHFR*) tool. A multidisciplinary team processed and interpreted the logging data and based on the results remedial jobs were carried out The general outcome of the remedial jobs based on this approach was a considerable reduction in water production in both Munga-XX and USS-XX wells as well as oil production gain, making this a successful job.
- Africa > Sudan (0.86)
- Africa > South Sudan > Northern Liech > Bentiu (0.58)
- North America > United States > Texas (0.29)
- Europe > Norway > Norwegian Sea (0.24)
- Africa > Sudan > Muglad Basin (0.99)
- Africa > South Sudan > Unity > Muglad Basin > Unity Basin > Block 5A > Unity Field (0.99)
- Africa > South Sudan > Unity > Muglad Basin > Fula Basin > Bentiu Formation (0.99)
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- Well Completion > Completion Installation and Operations > Perforating (1.00)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Formation Evaluation & Management > Open hole/cased hole log analysis (1.00)
- Production and Well Operations > Well Operations and Optimization > Produced water management and control (1.00)
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- Information Technology > Architecture > Real Time Systems (0.54)
- Information Technology > System Monitoring (0.54)
Abstract Conventional pressure transient testing, using a pressure gauge positioned at a fixed depth in a well, has historically been the main source of permeability and skin estimation in formations. However, if a well is completed as a multi-layer commingled producer, then this conventional approach makes it difficult to measure the permeability and skin of individual layers. Greater Munga field of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) in Sudan has several wells that commingle production from the Aradabia, Bentiu-2 and Bentiu-3 formations. These formations are highly variable in terms of the reservoir properties, oil types and pressure regimes. A selective inflow performance (SIP) test was carried out during production logging (PL) jobs in some of these wells and it indicated that the productivity index (P.I.) of the individual layers varies widely, ranging from 1.5 to 15 b/d/psi. This illustrated the need for a method to estimate the permeability and skin of each layer. This information was needed for reservoir model calibration, well productivity prediction, low productivity diagnosis and remedial action selection. Two solutions were proposed to GNPOC; use the conventional technique of isolating each layer and testing it separately or carry out a commingled multi-layer transient (MLT) test with a PL tool. In an MLT test, in addition to the normal PL runs, individual pressure transient stations are also recorded at the top of each contributing layer. The MLT test measures the flow rate and wellbore pressure above each producing layer for different surface flow rates during the infinite-acting phase. These individual layer flow rates and pressure transients are used to calculate the individual layer properties. GNPOC decided to go in for the MLT testing option and two wells were analyzed. In the first well, MLT testing showed that one of the layers had a very high permeability compared to the other layers. It depleted much faster and had early water breakthrough. Consequently a water shut-off job is planned for this layer. In the second well, MLT analysis showed that the upper layer had poorer permeability as compared to the lower layers. However, this layer holds good oil reserves. Hence, this well is a good candidate for future side tracking into the upper layer, in order to exploit the untapped reserves in this layer. In this paper, we will discuss the MLT testing technique, introduce a workflow for the analysis, and then will discuss the results of the analyses for two examples from GNPOC. Based on the success of these cases, multi-layer transient testing is estabilished as a preferred testing technique in this complex reservoir environment.
- Africa > South Sudan > Northern Liech > Bentiu (0.44)
- Europe > Norway > Norwegian Sea (0.24)
- Africa > Sudan (0.24)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Reservoir Fluid Dynamics > Flow in porous media (1.00)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Formation Evaluation & Management > Well performance, inflow performance (1.00)
- Production and Well Operations > Well & Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring > Production logging (1.00)