Case Study: The Application of Inflow Control Devices in the Troll Oil Field

Henriksen, Knut Herman; Gule, Eli Iren; Augustine, Jody R.

doi:10.2118/100308-ms

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“…It is the first type of FCD used to equalize production on a horizontal producer (Al-Khelaiwi and Davies 2007; Henriksen et al 2006;Mikkelsen et al 2005) as well as the first geometry used in a SAGD production well (Stalder 2013). Common geometries include helical channels wrapped around a base pipe and labyrinth pathways.…”

Section: Channel-style Flow Control Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this first industrial trial, flow control devices were applied to horizontal wells in the Troll field, a subsea giant gas field found on the Norwegian shelf of the North Sea. The Troll field is characterized by a thin oil column (Halvorsen et al 2012;Henriksen et al 2006). The main reservoir drive mechanism of this field is gas expansion so horizontal wells were selected and placed * 0.5 meters above the oil-water contact to maximize oil recovery despite initial water cuts typically being higher than 50% (Mikkelsen et al 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Because coning of the gas cap dominated the hydrocarbon production, FCDs were placed to regulate the production profile and longer horizontal laterals were drilled. This way water/gas breakthrough was delayed, longer well life was observed, higher cumulative oil production was obtained, and net present value (NPV) was increased (Henriksen et al 2006).…”

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Design of flow control devices in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) completion

Banerjee

Hasçakir

2017

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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Commercialization of the steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process has made recovery of heavy oil/bitumen possible in a number of reservoirs hindered by hydrocarbon immobility. However, the economics of this process are highly sensitive to the efficiency of steam creation, delivery, and use, with a successful and unsuccessful SAGD well pair often separated by how effectively thermal inefficiencies can be mitigated in the flow profiles of steam injection and/or in emulsion recovery. To improve flow profiles, Albertan SAGD completions have experimented with the addition of flow control devices (FCDs). These completion tools have historically been used to regulate liquid inflow across long producing laterals, adding a variable pressure drop along the lateral to improve the conformance of hydrocarbon production and delay water breakthrough; within SAGD completions, FCDs find novel use to force a more even flow distribution of steam in the injector and a thermally dependent inflow profile in the producer to maximize recovery of heavy oil/bitumen. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of different FCD designs, discussing their respective methods of regulation, the fluid-adaptive behavior of ''autonomous'' FCDs, operational strengths and weaknesses of different commercial offerings, and suggestions on how to use existing pressure loss models for FCDs and apply them to the non-traditional application of regulating SAGD flow profiles, both for equipment sizing and estimation of pressure loss/flow rates across the device. From this work, it is proposed that use of autonomous FCDs in the production lateral are of greater value than use of flow control in the injector; however maximum benefits are achieved by coupling simple orifice-style FCDs in the injector lateral with autonomous, large flow path (nonorifice) FCDs capable of controlling steam flash events in the production well.

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Section: Channel-style Flow Control Devicesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Design of flow control devices in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) completion

Banerjee

Hasçakir

2017

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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“…The first downhole field application of FCDs for the recovery of hydrocarbon is anywhere between 4 and 13 meters (Halvorsen et al 2012;Henriksen et al 2006). The main reservoir drive mechanism of this field is gas expansion so horizontal wells were selected and placed approximately 0.5 meters above the oil-water contact to maximize oil recovery despite initial water cuts typically being higher than 50% (Mikkelsen et al 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Coning of the gas cap broke through the thin oil layer and dominated total production for the remainder of well life and so the oil column was deemed to have no commercial value (Henriksen et al 2006). However, by incorporating…”

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Flow Control Devices in SAGD Completion Design: Enhanced Heavy Oil/Bitumen Recovery Through Improved Thermal Efficiencies

Banerjee

Hasçakir

2017

SPE Western Regional Meeting

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The volume of heavy oil/bitumen recoverable worldwide is vast in quantity but difficult and energy intensive to extract due to the high in-situ oil viscosity of these unconventional plays. One method of thermal recovery, steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), has proven a commercial success in heavy oil/bitumen production by using steam to raise the temperature of heavy oil/bitumen in the reservoir with a resulting lower hydrocarbon viscosity, shifting the relative mobility of reservoir oil to one favorable for extraction via horizontal wells.However, geological and reservoir heterogeneity often complicate this task resulting in uneven production rates, higher operational costs, and stranded heavy oil/bitumen. This work theorizes that SAGD recovery is improved using flow control devices (FCDs) to force conformance in SAGD laterals. To test this theory, a novel protocol and test flow loop was developed to measure pressure drop across an autonomous hybrid FCD while flowing multiphase mixtures containing steam. This laboratory data was used to qualify existing pressure drop correlations and determine if nitrogen gas, a common test gas to describe FCD pressure drop response, creates suitable data for modeling steam systems. Finally, the flow loop was used to induce a steam "flash", a transition of water at saturation temperature to vapor due to a suddenly decreased pressure

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Experimental and numerical simulation study on the flow characteristics and optimization of structural parameters of displacement agent in partial pressure tools

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Energy Science & Engineering

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In order to solve the problem of reservoir heterogeneity in the process of oil displacement, Daqing oilfield has proposed a partial pressure injection technology (using partial pressure tools). The partial pressure tool can improve the overall oil displacement effect by reducing the pressure of the displacement agent and adjusting the injection amount of the displacement agent in the high‐permeability oil layer. In order to study the effect of the partial pressure tool on the polymer solution, the flow characteristics of the polymer solution in the partial pressure tool were studied by finite element analysis, and the results of the numerical simulation were compared and verified by laboratory experiments. Then, the optimal structural parameters of the partial pressure tool were selected by orthogonal experiments. Finally, field tests were carried out to verify the effectiveness of the partial pressure tool. The results show that when the flow rate is 10 m3/d, the pressure drop of the polymer solution reaches 6.08 × 105 Pa and the viscosity loss rate reaches 6.69%, while the physical parameters of the solution change periodically under the action of the partial pressure tool. At a low flow rate, the results of the laboratory experiment and numerical simulation fit well, and the optimal structural parameters of the partial pressure tool are selected. Field tests show that the oil recovery is increased by 2.54% after using partial pressure tools. The research results are of great significance to the study of resolving interlayer conflicts and enhancing oil recovery.

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Case Study: The Application of Inflow Control Devices in the Troll Oil Field

Cited by 53 publications

References 6 publications

Design of flow control devices in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) completion

Design of flow control devices in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) completion

Flow Control Devices in SAGD Completion Design: Enhanced Heavy Oil/Bitumen Recovery Through Improved Thermal Efficiencies

Experimental and numerical simulation study on the flow characteristics and optimization of structural parameters of displacement agent in partial pressure tools

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