Oil, gas and water-based chemical tracers provide a true understanding of reservoir fluid flow pathways. It helps oil companies continuously monitor their reservoir and optimise drilling, completion and oil development strategies to maximise oil production.
In this blog we will discuss using a case study example, how our range of specialist chemical tracers can provide operators with critical insights without the need for well intervention or deferred production which can result in significant savings.
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Topics:
chemical tracers,
reservoir,
interwell,
reservoir characterisation,
fluid inflow,
tracers,
oil inflow,
water inflow,
inflow measurement,
inflow,
waterflood,
injected water,
water breakthrough,
water production,
water tracer,
chemical tracer technology,
wellbore,
mature offshore field,
waterflood injection,
residual oil saturation,
polymer tracer technology,
reservoir fluid inflow,
inflow tracer
Mature oilfields are often characterised by increased water production. This results in costly water treatment and reduced oil processing capacity. Unwanted produced water may stem from well integrity failure, wellbore tortuosity, high waterflood injection rates, high permeability channelling, thief zones or injector / producer well spacing as well as water coning. Identifying the source of excessive water production and mitigating for its costly impact is critical during field development in reducing costs and maximising oil production.
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Topics:
chemical tracers,
reservoir,
interwell,
reservoir characterisation,
fluid inflow,
tracers,
oil inflow,
water inflow,
inflow measurement,
inflow,
waterflood,
injected water,
water breakthrough,
water production,
wellbore,
mature offshore field,
waterflood injection
Tracer technology is proven to be critical to assess remaining oil saturation measurement in a reservoir following secondary recovery. It allows the measurement of remaining oil saturation between wells, rather than just surrounding a wellbore. This technique is normally used before and after an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project to establish changes in crude oil saturation.
In this blog we will discuss using a case study example, how our range of specialist chemical tracers can allow operators to identify the amount of remaining oil saturation in a mature waterflood and determine the effectiveness of specific enhanced oil recovery techniques at reducing remaining oil to residual levels.
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Topics:
chemical tracers,
reservoir,
interwell,
reservoir characterisation,
fluid inflow,
tracers,
oil inflow,
water inflow,
inflow measurement,
inflow,
waterflood,
injected water,
water breakthrough,
water production,
water tracer,
chemical tracer technology,
wellbore,
mature offshore field,
waterflood injection,
residual oil saturation,
remaining oil saturation
The challenging conditions faced in today’s oil and gas market has increased the focus on cost effective, sustainable operations. Operators are faced with the decision of extending or ending offshore production asset life and pre-decommissioning planning has emerged as a key challenge for the industry. Mitigating uncertainty, enabling decision making and justification as to whether to end or extend asset life, as well as detailed knowledge of asset conditions is crucial. In this blog, we will discuss how a range of Diagnostics services can be used to provide this detailed knowledge throughout late life operations.
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Topics:
pipeline integrity,
Flow assurance,
chemical tracers,
reservoir,
reservoir characterisation,
NORM,
NORM Management,
Decommissioning,
Flooded Memeber Inspection,
Subsea Inspection,
Subsea Integrity,
water inflow,
inflow measurement,
pipeline life extension
In any deep water field development it is important to monitor oil and water production from all wells in order to manage fluid movement and maximize hydrocarbon output. The use of Smart Tracers integrated into a lower completion, alongside the use of waterflood tracers, provides a number of advantages over traditional oil and gas inflow measurement technologies, at a fraction of the cost.
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Topics:
chemical tracers,
reservoir,
reservoir characterisation,
fluid inflow,
oil inflow,
water inflow,
oil production,
inflow measurement,
smart tracers
