Titre du document / Document title

The application of stand-alone injection systems in remote and/or highly populated areas reduces construction costs

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

AL-GAMBER Abdulwafi A. ⁽¹⁾ ; AL-TOWAILIB Abdulazeem A. ⁽¹⁾ ; AL-WABARI Saeed H. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Saudi Aramco

Résumé / Abstract

This paper discusses the successful application of a stand-alone injection system to provide pressure support for Hanifa reservoir of Abqaiq Field, Saudi Arabia. This stand-alone injection system is a cost-effective method to provide localized powered-water injection for areas inaccessible by pipelines or costly to tie to the centralized injection facilities. Such a system has recently been successfully deployed for developing part of Abqaiq Field overlain by a residential area. The reservoir under development is relatively tight that would not effectively respond to the prevalent simple gravity dump flood, as is the case for the overlaying high-permeability Arab-D reservoir. The system consists of a single well that serves as the water supply and injector in one, and a horizontal pump. The well has a dual completion across a shallow aquifer and the target reservoir. A tubing and packer allows aquifer water to free-flow behind the tubing to a skid-mounted surface horizontal pump, where it is then boosted and injected back through the tubing to the target reservoir. The introduction of this system in a pilot well and two subsequent completions has resulted in significant cost savings versus the conventional tie-in to the centralized injection facilities. The construction of a potentially hazardous high-pressure flowlines across the population center has been avoided, while allowing the development of this part of the field, which, otherwise, would require the more expensive extended reach drilling.

Source / Source

Congrès
2000 SPE annual technical conference and exhibition : Dallas TX, 1-4 October 2000. Volume Pi: Production operations and engineering. Volume Sigma: Reservoir engineering / Formation, evaluation and reservoir geology
SPE annual technical conference, Dallas TX , ETATS-UNIS (01/10/2000)
2000   (1 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

SPE, Richardson TX, ETATS-UNIS  (2000) (Monographie)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Oil field ; Enhanced recovery ; Water injection ; Autonomous system ; Completion ; Corrosion inhibition ; Saudi Arabia ; Asia ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Champ pétrole ; Récupération assistée ; Injection eau ; Système autonome ; Complétion ; Inhibition corrosion ; Arabie Saoudite ; Champ Abqaiq ; Asie ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Campo petróleo ; Recuperación asistida ; Inyección agua ; Sistema autónomo ; Compleción ; Inhibición corrosión ; Arabia saudita ; Asia ;

Localisation / Location

35400009203887.0620