Remote Bed Boundary Detection Tool Data Interpretation Without Special Geosteering Support to Drill Horizontal Wells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danis Nazipov ◽  
Pavel Shpakov
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Boundary Detection ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Output Data ◽  
Detection Tool ◽  
Well Trajectory ◽  
Net To Gross ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Today, one of the most modern and successful geosteering methods in terms of net to gross value (NTG) is a proactive geosteering. The purpose of this article is to share the experience of using Remote Boundary Detection Tools to solve various geological problems and describe the ways of using the data from it. The method provides the ability to detect the approaching boundary (usually reservoir top) with resistivity contrast before entering it with the bit or BHA sensors. It allows to adjust well trajectory proactively and, therefore, increase Net to gross ratio. The article shows the ways to implement global experience in horizontal wells drilling and proposes ways to reduce the cost of well construction without elimination of High-Tech equipment in BHA. The article explains the methods of interpreting the output data from the tool that can determine the approach to one or several boundaries with resistivity contrast.

Experimental Research for Breakthrough Position of Horizontal Wells in Reservoirs with Bottom Water

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 1232-1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Feng Li ◽  
Xiang An Yue ◽  
Li Juan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Bottom Water ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Concave Part ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Heterogeneous Models ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Well Trajectory ◽  
Trajectory Models ◽  
Swept Area

Finding the breakthrough position of horizontal wells is essential to water plugging and improving oil production in bottom water drive reservoirs. Physical modeling was carried out in this paper to research the law of bottom water’s movement. The experimental results indicated that: pressure drop in wells, well trajectory and area reservoir heterogeneity were all sensitive factors for breakthrough of bottom water, and the entry points of horizontal wells were determined by the combined function of them. In different well trajectory models, the concave down part of the well cooperate with pressure drop influenced the breakthrough position. Bottom water below the heel end reached the well earliest if the concave down part located at the heel end. When the concave part located at the middle of the well, the two factors played role respectively which resulted in breaking through of bottom water at two places with larger swept area. In different heterogeneous models, permeability difference and pressure drop were both favorable factors for bottom water’s non-uniformly rise. In the model that the heel end located at high permeability part, bottom water under the heel end reached the well earliest. If the heel end was set at the low permeability part, the breakthrough of bottom water occurred at the middle of the well.

The Interpretation Technique of Rate Transient Analysis Data in Fractured Horizontal Wells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslan Rubikovich Urazov ◽  
Alfred Yadgarovich Davletbaev ◽  
Alexey Igorevich Sinitskiy ◽  
Ilnur Anifovich Zarafutdinov ◽  
Artur Khamitovich Nuriev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Transient Analysis ◽  
Horizontal Well ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Well Logging ◽  
Rate Transient Analysis ◽  
Fractured Horizontal Well ◽  
Fractured Horizontal Wells

Abstract This research presents a modified approach to the data interpretation of Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) in hydraulically fractured horizontal well. The results of testing of data interpretation technique taking account of the flow allocation in the borehole according to the well logging and to the injection tests outcomes while carrying out hydraulic fracturing are given. In the course of the interpretation of the field data the parameters of each fracture of hydraulic fracturing were selected with control for results of well logging (WL) by defining the fluid influx in the borehole.

Increasing the Productivity of Horizontal Wells Through Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing Using a Working Fluid Based on a New Biopolymer System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Migunov ◽  
Aleksey Dmitrievich Alekseev ◽  
Dinar Farvarovich Bukharov ◽  
Vadim Alexeevich Kuznetsov ◽  
Aleksandr Yuryevich Milkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Bazhenov Formation ◽  
Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
The Russian Federation

Abstract According to the US Energy Agency (EIA), Russia is the world leader in terms of the volume of technically recoverable "tight oil" resources (U.S. Department of Energy, 2013). To convert them into commercial production, it is necessary to create cost-effective development technologies. For this purpose, a strategy has been adopted, which is implemented at the state level and one of the key elements of which is the development of the high-tech service market. In 2017, the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, in accordance with a government executive order (Government Executive Order of the Russian Federation, 2014), awarded the Gazprom Neft project on the creation of a complex of domestic technologies and high-tech equipment for developing the Bazhenov formation with the national status. It is implemented in several directions and covers a wide range of technologies required for the horizontal wells drilling and stimulating flows from them using multi-stage hydraulic fracturing (MS HF) methods. Within the framework of the technological experiment implemented at the Palyanovskaya area at the Krasnoleninskoye field by the Industrial Integration Center "Gazpromneft - Technological Partnerships" (a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft), from 2015 to 2020, 29 high-tech wells with different lengths of horizontal wellbore were constructed, and multistage hydraulic fracturing operations were performed with various designs. Upon results of 2020, it became possible to increase annual oil production from the Bazhenov formation by 78 % in comparison with up to 100,000 tons in 2019. The advancing of development technologies allowed the enterprise to decrease for more than twice the cost of the Bazhenov oil production from 30 thousand rubles per ton (69$/bbl) at the start of the project in 2015 to 13 thousand rubles (24$/bbl) in 2020. A significant contribution to the increase in production in 2020 was made by horizontal wells, where MS HF operations were carried out using an experimental process fluid, which is based on the modified Si Bioxan biopolymer. This article is devoted to the background of this experiment and the analysis of its results.

Combined Application of Deep Boundary Detection Tool, Multilayer Data Inversion and 3D Visualization of Seismic Data in Real Time for Geosteering on the Oilfield in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chingis Oshakbayev ◽  
Roman Romanov ◽  
Valentin Vlassenko ◽  
Simon Austin ◽  
Sergey Kovalev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
3D Visualization ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
Boundary Detection ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Horizontal Section ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Detection Tool

Abstract Currently drilling of horizontal wells is a common enhanced oil recovery method. Geosteering services are often used for accurate well placement, which makes it possible to achieve a significant increase in production at relatively low cost. This paper describes the result of using seismic data in three-dimensional visualization for high-quality geosteering using a deep boundary detection tool and multilayer inversion in real time. Crossing the top of the reservoir while drilling horizontal sections at the current oilfield is unacceptable, due to the presence of reactive mudstones. In case of crossing the top of reservoir, further work on running and installing the liner becomes impossible due to instability and may lead to well collapse. Based on prewell analysis of the structural data, the well was not supposed to approach the top of the target formation along the planned profile. However, while preparing geosteering model and analyzing seismic data it became possible to reveal that risk, elaborate its mitigation and eventually increase the length of the horizontal section. Such integrated analysis made it possible to maintain the wellbore within the target reservoirs, as well as to update the structural bedding of the top based on the multilayer inversion results.

scholarly journals Ultra-high-performance concrete with local high unburned carbon fly ash

DYNA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (216) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Joaquín Abellán García ◽  
Nancy Torres Castellanos ◽  
Jaime Antonio Fernandez Gomez ◽  
Andres Mauricio Nuñez Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Unburned Carbon ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
The Cost

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is a kind of high-tech cementitious material with superb mechanical and durability properties compared to other types of concrete. However, due to the high content of cement and silica fume used, the cost and environmental impact of UHPC is considerably higher than conventional concrete. For this reason, several efforts around the world have been made to develop UHPC with greener and less expensive local pozzolans. This study aimed to design and produce UHPC using local fly ash available in Colombia. A numerical optimization, based on Design of Experiments (DoE) and multi-objective criteria, was performed to obtain a mixture with the proper flow and highest compressive strength, while simultaneously having the minimum content of cement. The results showed that, despite the low quality of local fly ashes in Colombia, compressive strength values of 150 MPa without any heat treatment can be achieved.

Comprehensive Analysis of Production Loggings in Fuling Shale Gas Play in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaowen Liu ◽  
Wei Pang ◽  
Jincai Shen ◽  
Ying Mi
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Mineral Content ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Liquid Loading ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Well Trajectory ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract Fuling shale gas field is one of the most successful shale gas play in China. Production logging is one of the vital technologies to evaluate the shale gas contribution in different stages and different clusters. Production logging has been conducted in over 40 wells and most of the operations are successful and good results have been observed. Some previous studies have unveiled one or several wells production logging results in Fuling shale gas play. But production logging results show huge difference between different wells. In order to get better understanding of the results, a comprehensive overview is carried out. The effect of lithology layers, TOC (total organic content), porosity, brittle mineral content, well trajectory is analyzed. Results show that the production logging result is consistent with the geology understanding, and fractures in the favorable layers make more gas contribution. Rate contribution shows positive correlation with TOC, the higher the TOC, the greater the rate contribution per stage. For wells with higher TOC, the rate contribution difference per stage is relatively smaller, but for wells with lower TOC, it shows huge rate contribution variation, fracture stages with TOC lower than 2% contribute very little, and there exist one or several dominant fractures which contributes most gas rate. Porosity and brittle minerals also show positive effect on rate contribution. The gas rate contribution per fracture stage increases with the increase of porosity and brittle minerals. The gas contribution of the front half lateral and that of latter half lateral are relatively close for the "upward" or horizontal wells. However, for the "downward" wells, the latter half lateral contribute much more gas than the front half lateral. It is believed that the liquid loading in the toe parts reduced the gas contribution in the front half lateral. The overview research is important to get a compressive understanding of production logging and different fractures’ contribution in shale gas production. It is also useful to guide the design of horizontal laterals and fractures scenarios design.

Optimizing Casing Cut and Pull Operations Efficiency Using Ultrasonic Logging Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonje Winther ◽  
Guillermo Andres Obando Palacio ◽  
Amit Govil
Keyword(s):  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
P Efficiency ◽  
Sonic Log ◽  
The Status ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Well Abandonment ◽  
The Cost ◽  
New Generation

Abstract Thousands of wells will enter the plug and abandonment (P&A) phase across the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), either for permanent well abandonment or section abandonment with subsequent sidetracks. In the medium and long term, more wells will be added to follow the same path as exploration, drilling, and production continues. The cost of abandonment operations demands improvement of how P&A operations are performed. A critical, and often time-consuming operation, of well or section abandonment is to cut and pull (C&P) some of the casing strings. Uncertainties about the status of the annular contents and the material within it, such as settled solids, contaminated cement, or well geometry might pose restraints that could hinder the C&P efficiency. The uncertainties may cause operations to deviate from the plan, increasing the time and the costs required. New-generation ultrasonic tools, in combination with sonic tools, provide information about the annulus material with a detailed map of the axial and azimuthal variations of the annulus contents. The geometric position of the inner pipe can be determined relative to the outer casing or borehole using advanced measurements. Logging with ultrasonic and sonic tools is a noninvasive method that can increase the efficiency of C&P operations. In this paper we discuss three case studies of wells ranging from 2 to 40 years old. Some of the wells have reached the end of their economic life and are now ready for permanent plug and abandonment (PP&A) or slot recovery. Each case is unique with different casing sizes being retrieved, along with varied annulus contents observed from ultrasonic and sonic log data. The innovative use of the data interpretation with advanced workflows decreased uncertainties about the annulus contents and enabled following an informed C&P strategy. In all three cases, the casing sections were retrieved without difficulties from the recommended depths of the analysis. Casing milling was performed in intervals where C&P was not supported by the data analysis.

Maximum Reservoir Contact in Horizontal Wells Achieved with Multilayer Bed Boundary Detection Technology, Case Study from Kyzylorda Region

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serik Tyran ◽  
Carl Giesemann ◽  
Akimzhan Lukpanov ◽  
Milat Yermekov ◽  
Nariman Abzhanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Boundary Detection ◽  
Detection Technology

Hybrid and Traditional Course Formats

2011 ◽  
pp. 1012-1018
Author(s):  
Dan Baugher ◽  
Andrew Varanelli ◽  
Ellen Weisbord
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Programmed Instruction ◽  
Quality Of Instruction ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Cost

The use of technology as a teaching tool, for example, self-paced programmed instruction, has a long history. However, developments in “high tech” support have considerably broadened the choice and viability of alternative learning contexts and the question of the value of technology for learning has been argued on both sides. There are those who assert that technology has no influence on learning under any circumstances (Clark, 1983). Rather, it affects only the cost or extent of instructional delivery. It is the quality of instruction itself that impacts learning (Clark, 1994). Others claim that the characteristics and capabilities of various technologies do indeed interact with learners, and that effects vary based on characteristics of both the technology and the learner (Kozma, 1991).

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