Jose Luis Lopez Infante, Hector Hugo Vizcarra Marin, Jorge Fernández Méndez, A. Ngan, Javier Acosta, Edgar Garcia
This paper will discuss the Managed Pressure Directional Drilling fit for purpose solution deployed to meet the drilling challenges in Mexico offshore Zaap field. This innovative solution integrates a new state-of-art Rotary Steerable System (RSS) with Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) technology. Drilling hazards such as total losses, wellbore instability and stuck pipe were mitigated, and an improved drilling performance with reduction of NPT as compared to other directional drilling systems. The solution requires the integration of two highly technical disciplines, MPD and Directional Drilling (DD). Hence, a Joint Operating & Reporting Procedure (JORP) and a defined communication plan are crucial for the effective execution. The solution is based on a rigorous Drilling Engineering process; including detailed offset wells analysis to deliver a comprehensive risk assessment & mitigation plan in collaboration with the operator to tackle drilling hazards without compromising the directional drilling requirements. The paper will also discuss the effective communication plan between the directional drilling services, MPD services and rig contractors to ensure safe operational alignment. Also, the paper includes a planning and operational blueprint to reduce NPT related to total losses, stuck pipe & wellbore instability, increase drilling performance (ROP improvement) and quality wellbore for liner run afterwards in the Middle Cretaceous formation. Drilling challenges in the Zaap field requires the utilization of both Directional Drilling technology and MPD techniques to improve drilling performance and reduce NPT respectively. Through processes, best practices and lesson learned, this paper hope to serve as the bellwether for the combined solution to achieve technical limit drilling performance in the Zaap field, offshore Mexico.
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A. Ocampo, A. Restrepo, J. Clavijo, Harold D. Cifuentes, J. Mejía
This paper presents the development and successful implementation of the Foams technology as an effective EOR mechanism to improve the sweep efficiency of the gas injection in the Piedemonte fields. It also shows the process of optimization of the technology to adapt it to the Piedemonte operating conditions, which is based on massive hydrocarbon gas reinjection, and how this process led us to be at a state of the art position in this technology. The methodology to adapt and further develop the foam EOR technology in Piedemonte was based on the Capital Value Process (CVP). It starts with a screening exercise, passes through a technical assurance including applicability, fluids compatibility, modeling and coreflooding tests at reservoir conditions. Finally, the specific solution is implemented in the field to confirm effectiveness. Initially the foams were deployed using the conventional Surfactant Alternating Gas (SAG) technique, but then the technology was optimized to better suit the operating conditions of the fields, and the last interventions have been done dispersing the foamer chemical in the gas stream. This technology has been implemented in most of the fields in the Piedemonte and has proved success since the early implementation pilots in 2011. Implementation started in the Cusiana field, which is a matrix dominated system, and then moved to the naturally fractured and low porosity reservoirs located in the Recetor and Floreña fields. In all the cases, the implementation of foams has rendered positive results reflected in incremental oil production and flattening of the Gas Oil Ratio (GOR) at the influenced producer wells. The new developed dispersed Foams technology has been as effective as the conventional SAG in the jobs performed so far, with the advantages of requiring less surface equipment, and water consumption than SAG jobs. Benefits from Foams implementations so far add up to about 0.65 MM STB. Main conclusions from this project are i) The foams EOR technology is fully applicable in the Piedemonte fields to improve the gas sweep efficiency and increase final oil recovery. ii) A new foam deployment technique based on the injection of the foamer chemical dispersed in the gas stream was developed, and proved effectiveness at the field. The work is innovative in two ways: i) Effectiveness of foam as a technology to improve gas sweep efficiency in naturally fractured dominated systems was proved. ii) A new foam deployment technique based on the injection of the foamer chemical dispersed in a non-condensable gas stream was developed. Also this new foam EOR technique can be extrapolated to any other field operated under gas injection.
本文介绍了Foams技术的发展和成功实施，作为一种有效的EOR机制，提高了Piedemonte油田注气的波及效率。它还展示了该技术的优化过程，以使其适应Piedemonte油田的作业条件，这是基于大量碳氢气体的回注，以及该过程如何使我们在该技术中处于最先进的地位。Piedemonte油田采用并进一步开发泡沫EOR技术的方法是基于资本价值过程(CVP)。首先进行筛选，然后通过技术保证，包括油藏条件下的适用性、流体相容性、建模和岩心驱替测试。最后，在现场实施了具体解决方案，验证了方案的有效性。最初使用传统的表面活性剂交替气体(SAG)技术来部署泡沫，但随后对该技术进行了优化，以更好地适应油田的操作条件，最后的干预措施是在气流中分散泡沫化学物质。自2011年早期实施试点以来，该技术已在Piedemonte的大部分油田实施，并取得了成功。该技术首先应用于Cusiana油田，该油田以基质为主，随后应用于rector和Floreña油田的天然裂缝和低孔隙度油藏。在所有情况下，泡沫的实施都取得了积极的效果，体现在受影响的生产井的产油量增加和气油比(GOR)趋于平缓。新开发的分散泡沫技术在目前的作业中与传统的SAG一样有效，其优点是比SAG作业需要更少的地面设备和用水量。迄今为止，从foam实现中获得的收益总计约为0.65 MM STB。主要结论是:1)泡沫提高采收率技术在Piedemonte油田完全适用，可以提高气驱效率，提高最终采收率。ii)开发了一种基于注入分散在气流中的泡沫化学物质的新型泡沫展开技术，并在现场证明了其有效性。这项工作在两个方面具有创新性:1)证明了泡沫作为一种技术在天然裂缝为主的系统中提高气驱效率的有效性。ii)开发了一种新的泡沫展开技术，该技术是基于注入分散在不可冷凝气流中的泡沫剂化学物质。此外，这种新的泡沫提高采收率技术可以推广到任何其他注气油田。
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Jeffrey R. Potts, T. Sookdeo, John Westerheide, Dustin Sharber
Effective management of process safety risks while delivering flawless operational execution in an evolving oil and gas industry requires innovative applications of digital technology. Augmented Reality (AR) or Mixed Reality (MR) technologies have tremendous potential to meet these challenges by providing realworld digital landscape to intuitively interact with data, train personnel, and mitigate process safety risks. However, a major challenge with AR and MR technologies is the limited processing power and capability of available hardware. A cloud-based software platform can overcome these computational limitations of AR and MR devices, enabling interaction with significantly more complex 3D content. Additionally, enabling real-time connectivity across different hardware architectures – such as smartphones and Microsoft HoloLens devices – creating powerful new capability for remote collaboration. This unique software platform transforms consumer-grade AR and MR devices into powerful industrial tools for oil and gas applications. This paper will illustrate the application of AR/MR technology in critical risk management including the adoption of AR/MR technology for process safety operational readiness and response capability to critical risk associated with major accident hazards. Enhanced AR/MR provides full-scale virtual digital landscapes that enable practical demonstration of crew resource management including the evaluation of collaborative human performance in teamwork activities. Using gamified AR/MR techniques, allows for multiple outcomes based on user inputs to test decision-making and eliminate human errors. These enabling technologies can drive significant improvements in process safety risk management while increasing operational efficiencies across the oil and gas industry.
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E.S. Martins, M. Manuel, Thomas Merzi, S. Canovas, A. Guillou
The aim of this paper is to present TOTAL E&P Angola (subsidiary of TOTAL in Angola, hereafter mentioned as "Affiliate") last environmental monitoring campaign. The document presents the strategy and summarizes the results of indicators which are used to follow up cumulative impacts on deep water environment. The campaign was performed between 1998 and 2015, and different laboratories were used. The impact of field operations proved to be rather low or negligible, and acceptable on the long term. Since February 1998, when the first environmental baseline study (EBS) was performed (in Block 17: Girassol) to describe the initial state of the environment, the Affiliate has been conducting regular offshore monitoring campaigns with the aim of characterizing the water column, and marine sediments around existing installations and developing fields. These surveys are not limited to Block 17, but also extend to other Affiliate offshore blocks in Angola. In March 2015, the Affiliate’s most demanding Global Environmental Baseline & Monitoring Survey (GEMS) was completed, which covered six different offshore blocks, with a work scope ranging between EBS and EMoS (environmental monitoring survey), comprising 226 sampling stations for sediment and benthic macrofauna, 26 for seawater, 17 for phytoplankton and 8 for foraminifera. Another specificity of this latest GEMS was the scientific vessel that was shared among Operators through a joint agreement, of course with some legal and operational constraints considering the socio-geographic context of the project. Technically, besides the Affiliate’s required guidelines and rules, the parameters to be tested also had to meet recent regulations from the Ministry of Petroleum. Physico-chemical and biological data obtained over the past 17 years have been used as indicators of environment quality, and its regular monitoring allows assessment of the sensitivity of the marine environment to petroleum activities.
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