A total of 18 wells, 14 producers and 4 injection wells, were drilled and completed during the Fi... more A total of 18 wells, 14 producers and 4 injection wells, were drilled and completed during the Field Demonstration portion of the project. These 18 wells are all currently in service, with the producing wells going on-line between May and September 1996, and the injection wells going into service between August and December 1996. Current Unit production is approximately 3,100 BOPD, of which approximately 800 BOPD is being contributed from the 14 Project 10-acre producing wells (Figure ). A revision in the Statement of Work was approved to allow for the drilling of additional 10-acre infill wells or injection well conversions as budget constraints allow. A total of 2,730 feet of core was taken from four of the Project wells during the Field Demonstration portion of the Project. This core was taken to the Fina core facility in Midland, Texas and studied and described by a Fina geologic team, headed up by the Project Geologist, Brian Pregger. The core was originally scheduled to be cut continuously through the entire
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2010
With increasing demand for natural gas, higher product prices and the availability of improved ex... more With increasing demand for natural gas, higher product prices and the availability of improved extraction technologies, there is increasing focus on infill drilling in tight gas reservoirs. However, quantification of incremental recovery (one of the key value generators) is often challenging particularly in commingled multi-layered heterogeneous fluvial reservoirs with a paucity of data collection. The issues related to the volume and quality of data collected are magnified when low cost infill development is undertaken. This paper demonstrates a new technique using production data (in isolation) to estimate incremental and accelerated recovery for such a development.For infill development, various methods have been proposed to quantify incremental recovery. The most common range from simple reservoir continuity models, Arps Decline Curves, Material Balance, field analogue studies, to complex reservoir simulation. This paper discusses a new methodology termed ‘Progressive Multi-well...
The definition of apparent horizon: the plane or line where the earth or water and sky seem to me... more The definition of apparent horizon: the plane or line where the earth or water and sky seem to meet. If you do nothing, you get nothing.—Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician/diplomat/author, 1945 You get a lot of advice in this job. A former SPE President told me that these columns should never be about “where we (presidents) went and what we did last month; nobody’s interested in that.” While I have tried to abide by that rule, I can tell you that this past month was an extraordinarily full month, all from the computer screen, of course. I have dealt with the widest possible spectra of SPE membership from freshman students to geriatrics, like myself. It has been both exhausting and inspiring to see and feel the creativity and labor of our SPE members. As unsolicited advice, if you are looking for inspiration, then I encourage you to talk to those who have lost their jobs or even their businesses. I have dealt with several in both groups during the past month. Listen carefully to th...
A total of 18 wells, 14 producers and 4 injection wells, were drilled and completed during the Fi... more A total of 18 wells, 14 producers and 4 injection wells, were drilled and completed during the Field Demonstration portion of the project. These 18 wells are all currently in service, with the producing wells going on-line between May and September 1996, and the injection wells going into service between August and December 1996. Current Unit production is approximately 3,100 BOPD, of which approximately 800 BOPD is being contributed from the 14 Project 10-acre producing wells (Figure ). A revision in the Statement of Work was approved to allow for the drilling of additional 10-acre infill wells or injection well conversions as budget constraints allow. A total of 2,730 feet of core was taken from four of the Project wells during the Field Demonstration portion of the Project. This core was taken to the Fina core facility in Midland, Texas and studied and described by a Fina geologic team, headed up by the Project Geologist, Brian Pregger. The core was originally scheduled to be cut continuously through the entire
SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2010
With increasing demand for natural gas, higher product prices and the availability of improved ex... more With increasing demand for natural gas, higher product prices and the availability of improved extraction technologies, there is increasing focus on infill drilling in tight gas reservoirs. However, quantification of incremental recovery (one of the key value generators) is often challenging particularly in commingled multi-layered heterogeneous fluvial reservoirs with a paucity of data collection. The issues related to the volume and quality of data collected are magnified when low cost infill development is undertaken. This paper demonstrates a new technique using production data (in isolation) to estimate incremental and accelerated recovery for such a development.For infill development, various methods have been proposed to quantify incremental recovery. The most common range from simple reservoir continuity models, Arps Decline Curves, Material Balance, field analogue studies, to complex reservoir simulation. This paper discusses a new methodology termed ‘Progressive Multi-well...
The definition of apparent horizon: the plane or line where the earth or water and sky seem to me... more The definition of apparent horizon: the plane or line where the earth or water and sky seem to meet. If you do nothing, you get nothing.—Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician/diplomat/author, 1945 You get a lot of advice in this job. A former SPE President told me that these columns should never be about “where we (presidents) went and what we did last month; nobody’s interested in that.” While I have tried to abide by that rule, I can tell you that this past month was an extraordinarily full month, all from the computer screen, of course. I have dealt with the widest possible spectra of SPE membership from freshman students to geriatrics, like myself. It has been both exhausting and inspiring to see and feel the creativity and labor of our SPE members. As unsolicited advice, if you are looking for inspiration, then I encourage you to talk to those who have lost their jobs or even their businesses. I have dealt with several in both groups during the past month. Listen carefully to th...
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