Intelligent Completions: Lessons Learned from 7 Years of Installation and Operational Experience

Mclauchlan, Alan; Nielsen, Victoria Jackson

doi:10.2118/90566-ms

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“…Detailed project and operational planning is critical to successful intelligent completion installations 3 . Several workshops and operation evaluations involving the suppliers and Aramco representatives were conducted to improve communications and identify the roles and responsibilities.…”

Section: Smart Well Completion Planning and Equipment Testingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Wells Experiences and Best Practices at Haradh Increment-III, Ghawar Field

Al-Arnaout

Al-Zahrani

Jacob³

et al. 2007

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference

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fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractHaradh Increment-III is Saudi Aramco's latest and most advanced developed area in Ghawar field. The area was developed with 32 multilateral wells utilizing advanced drilling technologies to reduce the number of wells and provide maximum reservoir contact at a lower cost per barrel. The complex array of 113 laterals dictates the necessity for individual lateral control for better reservoir management strategy.Twenty eight smart completions were run in Haradh Increment-III totaling in 87 downhole choke valves installations for flow regulation from different laterals. Throughout the project progress and as more smart completions are installed, Saudi Aramco's experience was ramping up through its learning curve and first-hand knowledge was being gained. The company's experience with smart completion and best practices for ensuring proper functionality of smart completions were being developed with each additional installation.Detailed project and operational planning is critical to the success of such innovative projects. Operational planning begins before the equipment is manufactured and carries through to equipment assembly, testing and surface tests prior to completions.The paper presents the experience of Saudi Aramco and the supplier in the installation of 28 intelligent wells, with reliability of 97%, through the adoption of best practices. The development stages of smart completion best practices will be illustrated citing various history cases and addressing important operational concerns.The learning discussed in this paper will provide an insight into how a large scale application of smart completion technology can be handled in a systematic way to achieve a successful conclusion.

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Section: Smart Well Completion Planning and Equipment Testingmentioning

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Smart Wells Experiences and Best Practices at Haradh Increment-III, Ghawar Field

Al-Arnaout

Al-Zahrani

Jacob³

et al. 2007

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference

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“…Application of smart well technology has been growing in the Industry with an increasing number of applications in maturing fields and carbonate reservoirs 6,7,8 .…”

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Cost-Effective Life-Cycle Profile Control Completion System for Horizontal and Multilateral Wells

Ogoke

Aihevba²,

Marketz³

2006

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

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TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractA new cost effective life-cycle profile control completion system has been developed to solve major problems associated with surveillance and interventions in horizontal and TAML level 2 multilateral wells completed with ESP. each other and can be selectively produced, shut-off or stimulated. The need for CT interventions for production logging and water shut-offs is removed. The water shut-off process offered by this technology is reversible.

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“…These valves are activated from surface by applying hydraulic pressure ("direct hydraulic") transmitted via control lines (C/L) penetrating tubing hanger and packer. For three valves four C/Ls are needed (one to control each valve individually, one shared return line) 19,20 .…”

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Rapid Pressure Support for Champion SE Reservoirs by Multi-Layer Fractured Water Injection

Sommerauer

Zerbst

2006

SPE Asia Pacific Oil &Amp; Gas Conference and Exhibition

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TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractThe Champion field is a large oil field offshore Negara Brunei Darussalam. This paper discusses thefor us -novel application of multi-layer fractured water injection into three shallow reservoirs in the Champion Southeast field (CPSE). The project is part of a larger secondary recovery implementation scheme and future efforts to increase economic oil production and ultimate recovery in the whole Champion field.The main boundary condition for the rapid water injection project is the use of existing infrastructure with the exception of three new water pipelines and nine new wells. This paper describes the following:• Reservoir setting and production history.• Water injection philosophy.• Design considerations for fractured water injection including: o Pressure requirement to design for fractured water injection. o Simulation of fracture growth and containment and resulting conclusions. • Design considerations for the multi-layer fractured water injector wells including: o Selected Drilling Aspects (well trajectory, drill-in fluid, formation evaluation, casing scheme). o Completion Design Considerations (clean-out, perforating, sand control, selectivity, "smartness", other). o Material selection. One of the main conclusions is that fracture growth and containment is not a major issue in soft, high-permeable formations. The main challenge is in drilling the sometimes-demanding well trajectories and running the ("smart") completions in these wells with small tolerances.

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Intelligent Completions: Lessons Learned from 7 Years of Installation and Operational Experience

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Smart Wells Experiences and Best Practices at Haradh Increment-III, Ghawar Field

Smart Wells Experiences and Best Practices at Haradh Increment-III, Ghawar Field

Cost-Effective Life-Cycle Profile Control Completion System for Horizontal and Multilateral Wells

Rapid Pressure Support for Champion SE Reservoirs by Multi-Layer Fractured Water Injection

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