IPTC 13646

Creating Value in Well and Reservoir Management Through Proactive

Surveillance
Ahmed Al-Azkawi (1677830), Mohamed Al-Salhi (1608348), Liping Sha (3222254), Ramzi Abdulkadir (1623230),
and Hamed Al-Subhi (3222709), Petroleum Development Oman

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1- Abstract:
The paper describes how proactive surveillance adds value in fields that follow a clear well and reservoir management
(WRM) strategy. It also shows that WRM plays an important role at all stages of field’s life, hence the importance of having
sustainable WRM processes. The sustainability of these processes relays on having surveillance plans that are applicable for
each scenario and stage of the field’s life. This proactive approach to surveillance gives frequent insight to the reservoir
condition and proves to be valuable in mitigating unpleasant surprises. The paper also shows that while the principles of
WRM e.g. surveillance and reviews remain intact; its resulting activities evolve with time. The evolution of these activities
depends on the available technology, outcome of the reviews, field maturity, drive mechanism and oil prices.

2- Introduction: PDO and WRM at a glance.

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is the major exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman, see figure-
1. It accounts for about 90% of the country’s crude-oil production and nearly all of its natural gas supply. In the late 90’s
PDO was challenged by its mature fields with faster decline rates, and low production contribution from drilling new wells.

The company reacted to this by identifying key business processes that will reverse the production decline trend and focused
on them. One of these process was well and reservoir management. Since then well and reservoir management (WRM)
became a key business process, that is deeply embedded in the organisation and is practiced on daily basis. This focus on
WRM has reduced the overall PDO production decline rates significantly.

The paper describes how WRM is practiced in one of PDO’s clusters of fields and how it helped increasing production. The
cluster is located in the south of Oman and it consists of about 23 small fields. Production comes from a sandstone reservoir,
that is found at depths ranging from 900 to 2500m with oil properties varying between 20-50API. The cluster consists of
fields that are undergoing waterflood development and fields that are on depletion mode i.e. aquifer support is sufficient to
maintain reservoir pressure.

Extensive surveillance activities take place to optimise the performance of the waterfloods, artificial lift, locate bypassed oil
and swept reservoir units. The value of theses surveillance activities are realised by having routine well and pattern reviews,
where integrated data analysis takes place. The petroleum engineering team meets on regular basis to review the
performance of the wells and the waterflood patterns. The optimisation activities that result from these reviews are captured
in a common database called the opportunity register. The production optimisation activities in the opportunity register are
ranked and added to the well intervention sequence. This process of following surveillance activities with structured reviews
and planned well intervention sequence was the key in unlocking the full potential of the wells and reservoirs and has add a
significant oil volume.
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3- The WRM process:

The cluster carries out approximately 239 hoist interventions a year and spends significant amount of resources and budget
on stand-alone optimization and surveillance activities. The embedment of a clear WRM process made the execution of these
activities more efficient and helped to improve the recovery factor, and production. The focus of the WRM process was to:

- Deepen reservoir understanding.

- Optimise field development plans.
- Improve the placement of new wells.
- Safegurd developed reserves.

The process would be able to predict reservoir behaviour and by doing so it would provide clear understanding of the field
behaviour and would also enhance the field development plans. This improved field understanding can only be achieved if
the right data with the right quality is available. Therefore, the surveillance plans were improved and made unique to field
requirements, refer to figure-2. Furthermore, well and pattern reviews were pre-planned for each year to ensure that the data
will be made available prior to conducting the reviews. The pre-planned well and pattern review was seen as a tool to ensure
that Pro-Active surveillance is taking place. The purpose of proactive surveillance was to understand current field behaviour
and find means to optimise production and add new oil. This process of gathering data before a problem occurs coupled with
pre-planed review has greatly contributed to the production and recovery factor of the cluster. The remaining sections of this
paper will further elaborate on pro-active surveillance and give clear examples of where it made an impact.

The remaining challenge was on how to embed this process in a cluster of 23 fields and how to sustain it. Given the
variability of the drive mechanisms, maturity, and properties of each field it was important to define what WRM meant for
each one of them. For example, voidage replacement ratio and sweep efficiency played a key role in areas where waterflood
was active and mature. On the other hand, in areas where depletion drives was the recovery mechanism it was important to
study the requirement for water injection and similarly ensure that the wells are fully optimised with respect to artificial lift
performance, sand control and completions design. The process was embedded and monitored by generating Key Business
Activities (KBA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that were tarcking:

- Number of field/well/pattern reviews.

- Compliance to surveillance plans.
- Compliance to workover plans.
- Locked in well potential that was identified during the reviews.
- Total amount of oil that was identified during the reviews.

4- Pro-active surveillance definition and value:

The term proactive surveillance is introduced to distinguish it from standard/reactive surveillance, see table-1. It is basically
the difference between gathering data to solve a problem and gathering data to improve performance and ensure that
problems are avoided. In proactive surveillance data is used to understand the reservoir behaviour and how it is reacting to
e.g. water injection and how can we influence its future behaviour.

One of the key differences between re-active and pro-active surveillance is that the later would normally have a guideline on
how the data should be analysed. This guideline or data utilisation process is the subject of the next section of the paper.

Proactive surveillance is important, because it predicts problems before they occur and it encourages engineers to get together
and reverse the consequences of sub-optimal reservoir management. As shown in figure-2 the surveillance plans were
defined and documented for each field. These surveillance plans are in accordance with the field specific surveillance
requirements. The availability of both dynamic and static surveillance data was crucial in conducting meaningful well and
pattern reviews. The value of the integrated reviews was in generating activities that will eventually lead to higher
production and recovery factors. Based on field experience each data would have a decision tree that will enhance the data
interpretation/integration value, see figure-3.

Cased hole saturation logs played a key role in identifying new perforation and WSO opportunities and figure-4 shows the
results of two logs that were run in two different fields. The log to the right shows virgin oil saturation in the shallower
prospects and partially swept oil at the bottom zone, where the log to the left is showing swept zones due to waterflood.
After reviewing these wells and the patterns it was decided to perforate the unswept oil and carry out chemical water shut off
in the well with swept zones. The total production gain from these two activities was approximately 150m3/d. This proved
the value of these logs and encouraged us to go for more of them in 2009.
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5- Well and pattern reviews:

A pattern review is a structured session where the necessary data and individuals meet on planned dates to review the
performance of water injection patterns. This session will reveal how the reservoir is reacting to water injection and what
needs to be done to improve its performances. In most cases decisions on new injection rates, water shut off, additional
perforations and stimulation would come out of the pattern reviews. There are standard diagnostics plots and template
diagrams that are used to evaluate the reservoir performance and figure-5 shows one of them, i.e. production, injection and
voidage replacement history vs pressure performance per pattern/reservoir, and water flood efficiency in turn of oil gain per
cumulative water injection volume. These diagnostic plots are unique to each field and vary in importance based on the
actual water injection mechanism. For example, subsurface water injection conformance in a multilayered reservoir is very
critical, while this doesn’t apply if water is injected in a single unit. The pattern reviews, have played a significant role in
understanding fields behaviour. In field X, figure-6, pattern reviews have proven that the NW-SE fault was not sealing, and
revealed that the highest water cut was seen along this fault. This conclusion was further enhanced with intensive tracer
injection campaign which proved that the results of early tracer breakthrough that was seen in X-18 as a result of injecting in
X-32 refer to figure-7. The pressure in X-18 was also high, this integrated data analysis during the pattern review concluded
that water injection in X-32 should be reduced, and possibly carry out chemical water shut off in the X-18.

This section has put more emphasis on pattern reviews given its significance and broadness in terms of data required and
power of analysis. Well reviews are equally important and occur on regular basis. It normally involves reviewing the well
past performance, artificial lift, and abnormal behaviour and proposes ways to improve its performance. The well review
process is applicable to all fields, where the pattern review process is only applicable to field with active waterfloods.

6- Process sustainability and performance tracking:

One can argue that the results of a good process and it’s sustainability should be seen in the business results e.g. production
rates, recovery factors and cost. While this was the case and this process has greatly improved the business results it was
important to focus on the activities and not the results. Doing the right thing would always give the right results; hence the
focus was on doing the right thing. This was done by looking at the monthly KBA and insuring that the surveillance
activities are on track and the reviews are on going. The quality of the review was assessed by monitoring the type of
recommendations that came out of it, which were captured in a common register. These activities are ranked based on
expected production gain, deferment, cost and material availability, see figure-8. The opportunity register is also used to
generate a WRM production forecast that is integrated with the business plan. To ensure that these optimisation activities are
efficiently generated and implemented, the activity levels of each production technologist (PT) was monitored, see figure-9.

7- Re-thinking old believes:

One of the advantages of pro-active WRM is that it allows re-thinking some of the old beliefs that are associated with the
fields in hand. As more wells are drilled in a field or a new drive mechanism is implement e.g. waterflood, more becomes
known about the reservoir, and its behaviour starts changing. This was very clear in a number of wells where low resistivity
pays were not perforated and later proved to be oil bearing and started adding to production and reserves. This low resistivity
was caused by minerals that were present in the formation causing resistivity log suppression. Another opportunity that
became very attractive was to open up some the wells that were closed in the past for reasons such as uneconomical high
water cut, low pay or artificial lift problem… etc. Some of these wells were reviewed and opened after identifying new
perforation zones, intervals to be shut off using chemicals or changing artificial lift method. Furthermore, during the same
reviews some wells were proposed for abandonment, sidetrack or conversions see figure-10.

8- Key WRM challenges:

The challenge here is two folds, firstly to ensure that the process continues and the second is of a technical nature. From a
process perspective this can be managed by continuously monitoring if the reviews are taking place and the surveillance
activities are executed. The most challenging aspect from a technical aspect is having the right data and skills to analyze it.
The skills can be developed through formal training, developing guideline for the reviews, establishing template diagnostic
plots…etc. It is also further enhanced with experience as the team carry’s out more reviews. The remaining single challenge
is data, and this varies for different fields. In a water injection environment establishing which injector is connected to which
producer remains a key challenge and there is not a single data that could answer that. It is currently being managed through
integrating different sources of data, both static and dynamic. To further enhance it technology trials are on going to provide
better ways to understand and improve the performance of our reservoirs.

9- Application of key technology:

Technology trials and deployment in the cluster had three main themes, waterflood, artificial lift and wells. This section
gives a lengthier description of Chemical Water Shut off (CWS) compared to artificial lift and dumpflood. This is due to its
significance in improving production recovery and the importance of applying it correctly.
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9.1- Chemical water shut off

Excessive water production is one of the most serious problems in PDO. Production of each bbl of water requires as much or
more energy as producing the same volume of oil. It is often the case that for every bbl of water produced significant ratio of
oil is left unproduced. Further more water production causes additional problems such as sand production, need for additional
surface handling capacity, disposal, high level of corrosion and scaling of tubulars and surface equipment. High produced
water, if left unmitigated, will undoubtedly lead to premature abandonment of well and lower ultimate recovery of the field
than originally sought.

Mechanical and chemical WSO techniques have widely been utilized in PDO for a number of years. The material presented
in this paper will be limited to the recent chemical WSO techniques that were carried out in 3 fields in South of Oman. The
use of both sealing and non-sealing type of chemicals will be discussed and results and learnings’ to carry on future
application will also be shared.
Nonsealing systems are systems that allow the flow of fluid through porous medium, while sealing systems are systems that
completely block the flow of fluid in a porous medium. The nonsealing fluid used is an RPM system which is classified as
hydrophobically modified water soluble polymers. These systems are ideal in well completions where selective isolation to
squeeze off water producing section is not feasible and/or diagnostics of offending zone is quite challenging which is the case
in sub-hydrostatic wells where artificial lift pump systems are employed, which is widely the case in Southern Oman brown
fields.

Two wells were identified as candidates for the RPM trial to mitigate water production. These wells are completed with EGP
and WWS completion (Fig-11) which makes selective isolation treatment very challenging. The RPM was chosen because it
is non-sealing systems that allow the flow of fluids and it does not require special placement technique. The treatment is
bullheaded through the ESP, not requiring WPH intervention. The following procedure was followed in placement of the
treatment.

• Pickle the tubing with 2.0 m3 of 15%HCl

• Pump pre-flush brine followed by 150 m3 of RPM solution with different concentration of the treatment polymer
• Over displace treatment by 1/3 of treatment volume
• Shut the well overnight and resume production

Promising results were achieved following the treatment. The average reduction in water cut from the two wells was 5%
resulting a production gain of approximately 30m3/d. The gains from the treatment were sustained for over 6 months and
accordingly more wells were planned for the treatment.

Sealing systems that provide shallow matrix shut off were trailed on 4 wells. The first trial was done on a horizontal well
completed with uncemented pre-drilled liner. The well was closed in since 1998 due to high water cut. It was opened up early
in 2008 and was producing 100% water. An inflow profiling using concentric coil tubing job program was undertaken since
the well is sub-hydrostatic well completed with ESP completion. Based on the result of inflow profiling it was determined
that water producing zones are the toe and heel section of the horizontal section (Fig-12). A decision was made to shutoff the
toe section first and evaluate the result before attempting to shut off both the toe and heel section at the same time which are
believed to be water producing zones. A particle gel system was used as a shutoff chemical and placed with coil tubing. A
particle gel system is organically cross linked gel system to which silica flour is added in order to provide near wellbore
shutoff. The following procedure was followed in placement of the treatment.

• Run in hole with the coil tubing to tag HUD. Adjust depth counter reading
• Jet clean the horizontal section with 5%NH4Cl brine
• Place 2.0 m3 of particle gel on the 100 m of the toe section, from HUD
• Pull out of hole and shut-in well for 24 hrs
• Re-complete well and put well back on production

Following the shut off the water cut reduced to 87% and the well produced at a rate of 60 m3/d net oil.

Since Q4 of 2008, 8 jobs were successfully used to shutoff water bearing zones using particle gel sealing system. 2 of the
jobs were placed using coil tubing, while the rest of the jobs were placed during workover operation of the wells. In all these
cases water bearing zones were identified using diagnostic logging tools which enabled isolation of the particular zones for
squeeze jobs. In all cases where the workover operation was used, the squeeze jobs were tested to confirm successful job
execution.
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When to use sealing or non-sealing WSO system depends on mainly the ease of achieving zonal isolation to target the water
bearing zone for shutoff without damaging oil bearing zones. In situations where zonal isolation is difficult to achieve, such
as GP completions, and when workover operation is difficult to execute in wells completed with AL systems such as ESP,
use of non-sealing systems is ideal as the damage it causes to oil bearing zones is minimal. However it is important to note
that the technology is not yet matured as in sealing systems. This is the reason why we have done limited number of non-
sealing RPM WSO system compared to the sealing systems we have thus far employed.

In conclusion it is clear that WSO technology holds great promise for PDO as one of effective WRM tool to effectively
manage well and reservoir as most of the fields are matured suffering from excessive water production. The work we have
done to date is a proof that we can control excessive water production and extend the well life avoiding premature
abandonment. The non-sealing system RPM application was successful in 2 wells where there were no means of isolation
and the source of the well was not well established from completed interval. In situations where water source is identified
using diagnostic techniques and zonal isolation is possible it is always recommended to use sealing systems as these
technologies are well established and shut off zones can be tested for effective shutoff. Based on the results we have
achieved, we aggressively pursue WSO opportunities to mitigate excessive water production and improve ultimate recovery
from brown fields across PDO.

9.2 Wireline retrievable ESP

ESP is one of the artificial lift systems that are deployed widely in the cluster and PDO. One of the key challenges of ESP
operations is the ability to efficiently replace the pump and also carry out surveillance activities. To address such challenges
a Wireline Retrievable ESP WRESP technology was developed and trialed. The objectives of the trial were:

• Preventative maintenance to ensure ESP systems perform well until planned replacement or next scheduled
inspection.
• Quick and cost effective replacement of failed systems.
• Quick and cost effective replacement of working systems to optimise design.
• Temporary deployment of ‘test systems’ to measure the well productivity and facilitate optimal design of the
‘primary systems’
• Well intervention below the ESP to service lower completion components and reservoir.

Phase I: Pull out of hole the existing standard ESP completion and run the Wireline Retrievable ESP. It was done
successfully and the well was put on stream without any loss of production.

Phase II: Put the well on production for a month and then test the wireline installation / retrieval functionality. The work was
done successfully with easy latching/ re-latching and retrieval operation. Currently the system is running normally.

At this stage, more candidates are evaluated with the objective to put more of such system. In short the WRESP concept
represents a step change in ESP system lifecycle management and operating Philosophy.

9.3 Single well water injection (ESP Dumpflood)

Given the nature of the cluster and the number of small and scattered fields over a large area, it was important to develop an
economically attractive technology for water injection. The identified technology would minimise the required amount of
surface flowlines and wells. This technology is reffered to as Dumflood. It is a single well that produces water from a
deeper prosepct and injects it in the target reservoir through an ESP. The Dumpflood technlogy has been successfully
opertional in a single well for quite sometime and has opened new water injection opportunities. To date it has been injecting
200m3/d of water, without the requiremnt of any surfcae facilities. Key to ensure the succcess of the trial was:

- Carry out a compatibility test between the prodcued water and the target zone water.
- The ESP discharge pressure is suffecint for injection in the target zone.

Surveillance is an important part of the trial and the bullet points below describe the surveillance plan for the ESP, water
injection and the reservoir pressure:

- Monitor the pressure response and behaviour of the nearby wells. Three wells were identified some of which are
fitted with downhole gauges and others with frequent down hole static survies.
- The dumpflooded well is flown to surface in periodical mode to calibarte and confirm the injection rate.
- Ionic water analysis is taken from the dumpflooed well and checked with the nearby wells to monitor water
breakthrough.
- Two nearby closed in wells were re-opened and complted as observations wells with permenant down hole gagues.
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10- Conclusions:
Petroleum Development Oman has made a major change in the way it manages its fields and reservoirs. Key to achieving
this breakthrough in reservoir management was the integration of surveillance, field reviews, and new technology. Cased
hole resistivity logs have proven to be useful in locating bypassed oil and low resistivity pay that was not identified during
the initial completion of the wells. Chemical water shut off has also made a significant contribution in reducing water cut
and increasing ultimate recovery. Furthermore, new technology such as the dumflood has improved the economics of
waterflood in remote and small fields.

Despite the achievment, there is still much to do to maintain the foundation that was built and take WRM to higher levels. It
is here that new technology, stronger data integration and capabilities will play a part. In addition to all this, PDO needs to
get ready to manage Enahance Oil Recovery (EOR) fields, where the complexity and costs are even higher and will bring
greater challenges.
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Figure-1: A map of The Sultanate Of Oman.

Figure-2: A table showing surveillance plans for each field.

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Pro‐active sureveillance Re‐active surveillance

Data requirements are well defined and are gathered on routine Data is collected to understand sudden change in
basis behaviour
The data is reviewed using a clear process and the outcome of the The review is strongly dependent on the reviewer and
integrated data analysis is used to influnece future reservoir the outcome is used to explain what happened and how
behavior. it can be fixed.
The data required to carry out an integrated review will be Quite often not all the data will be availabe and the
available during the scheduled review. Leading to a more review will need to be re‐schduled untill aditional data is
informed decion. available.
Pre‐planned well and reservoir reviews that are dependent on the
The review happens when someone calls for it.
surveilance results.
Dedicated budgte with specift surveillance activites. Surveillance
Lump sum surveillance budget.
exctuion is linked to budget expenditure.

Table-1: Shows a comparison between pro-active and re-active surveillance.

Figure-3: Shows a guideline on how cased hole saturation logs should be used.
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Figure 4: Shows the outcome of cased hole saturation logs in two different fields.

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Figure-6: Shows field-X with the main NW-SE fault.

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Phase 1: Injection in two patterns 2006

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Figure 11: A well completion profile.

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Figure 12: Showing inflow profiling carried out prior to selecting the right intervals for CSW.