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Quantifying Incremental Oil Production And Economics Of Using Intelligent Completion As A Tool For Reservoir Management
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Reservoir parameters are continuously
monitored for each zones with permanent pressure and temperature gauges,
base on which the valve chokes are reconfigured to allow simultaneous
production from more zones through a single string or well. Remote
completion monitoring is the ability of a system to provide data,
obtained in or near the wellbore, without requiring access and entry for
conventional intervention to the well. Hence IWC technology provides
great flexibility in the operation of conventional wells and
multilateral wells; as each branch of the well can be controlled
independently. (Yeten et al., 2004)
The basic element of IWC are
acquisition and transmission system, flow control valves (FCV) and
actuation system. The acquisition and transmission system is a set of
equipment used to transmit and acquire reservoir data, while the FCVs
control flow rate from a zone or in a level. And the actuation system is
a set of equipment that supplies power to the valves (Eni, 2006)
Compared
to conventional completions, IWC offers great benefits. The primary
objectives of IWC are normally to maximize or optimize and anticipate
oil recovery, control gas and water breakthrough, reduce cost and
improve safety. Zero intervention especially subsea or remote location
wells and production optimization for multi zones reservoir
(simultaneous production), horizontal wells, complex reservoir
structure, auto gas lift, etc. justifies the installation of intelligent
completions (Eni, 2006).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Huge amount of hydrocarbon in place is left unrecovered. Integrated reservoir management, in addition to the use of new technologies improves hydrocarbon recovery. Intelligent completion is one of the technologies which enhance reservoir management thereby improving the hydrocarbon recovery.This work presents a review of intelligent completion technology, guidelines to evaluate the decision whether or not to implement intelligent completion and evaluates field cases of intelligent completion ins ... Continue reading---
