Increasing Waterflood Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Improved Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Management
Abstract
The objectives of this quarterly report are to summarize the work conducted under each task during the reporting period October - December 1997 and to report all technical data and findings as specified in the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist . The main objective of this project is the transfer of technologies, methodologies, and findings developed and applied in this project to other operators of Slope and Basin Clastic Reservoirs. This project will study methods to identify sands with high remaining oil saturation and to recomplete existing wells using advanced completion technology. The identification of the sands with high remaining oil saturation will be accomplished by developing a deterministic three dimensional (3-D) geologic model and by using a state of the art reservoir management computer software. The wells identified by the geologic and reservoir engineering work as having the best potential will be logged with cased-hole logging tools. The application of the logging tools will be optimized in the lab by developing a rock-log model. This rock-log model will allow us to translate measurements through casing into effective porosity and hydrocarbon saturation. The wells that are shown to have the best oil production potential will be recompleted. The recompletions will bemore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, WV, and Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6207254
- Report Number(s):
- DE-FC22-95BC14934-13
ON: DE00001464
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC22-95BC14934
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 02 PETROLEUM; OIL FIELDS; PROGRESS REPORT; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; WATERFLOODING; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENGINEERING; FLUID INJECTION; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESOURCES; 020000* - Petroleum
Citation Formats
Phillips, Chris, Moos, Dan, Clarke, Don, Nguyen, John, Tagbor, Kwasi, Koerner, Roy, and Scott, Walker. Increasing Waterflood Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Improved Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Management. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web.
Phillips, Chris, Moos, Dan, Clarke, Don, Nguyen, John, Tagbor, Kwasi, Koerner, Roy, & Scott, Walker. Increasing Waterflood Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Improved Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Management. United States.
Phillips, Chris, Moos, Dan, Clarke, Don, Nguyen, John, Tagbor, Kwasi, Koerner, Roy, and Scott, Walker. 1998.
"Increasing Waterflood Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Improved Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Management". United States.
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title = {Increasing Waterflood Reserves in the Wilmington Oil Field Through Improved Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Management},
author = {Phillips, Chris and Moos, Dan and Clarke, Don and Nguyen, John and Tagbor, Kwasi and Koerner, Roy and Scott, Walker},
abstractNote = {The objectives of this quarterly report are to summarize the work conducted under each task during the reporting period October - December 1997 and to report all technical data and findings as specified in the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist . The main objective of this project is the transfer of technologies, methodologies, and findings developed and applied in this project to other operators of Slope and Basin Clastic Reservoirs. This project will study methods to identify sands with high remaining oil saturation and to recomplete existing wells using advanced completion technology. The identification of the sands with high remaining oil saturation will be accomplished by developing a deterministic three dimensional (3-D) geologic model and by using a state of the art reservoir management computer software. The wells identified by the geologic and reservoir engineering work as having the best potential will be logged with cased-hole logging tools. The application of the logging tools will be optimized in the lab by developing a rock-log model. This rock-log model will allow us to translate measurements through casing into effective porosity and hydrocarbon saturation. The wells that are shown to have the best oil production potential will be recompleted. The recompletions will be optimized by evaluating short radius lateral recompletions as well as other recompletion techniques such as the sand consolidation through steam injection.},
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year = {Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 1998},
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