Flood pattern repatterning
How can you keep improving a flood? What's the secret to longevity?
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One operator discussed his continuing efforts to balance the patterns in his 5-spot turned line-drive flood in an application to the regulator. He shows each pattern of the flood and compares recovery factor to voidage replacement and amount injected.
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Repatterning a flood
Call it sloshing water around. But by repatterning a water flood you can significantly add to its sweep and the recovery.
Just by injecting in a different place in the reservoir, you can push water into different areas and push more oil out.
For example, in a classic inverted 5-spot, by shutting in the central injector and beginning injection in two opposing corners of the pattern, you can sweep an entirely new section of the reservoir that was currently unswept.
This change of sweep can provide improved results for decades. We know of pools that started on water flood in the 1950's and are still going strong. They are still improving recovery by repatterning after 65 years!
Pattern balancing
Repatterning is not the only way to improve recovery. You can get great improvements by balancing patterns.Most floods have been neglected for a while. When an experienced flood engineer reviews the forgotten flood, he will find that much of the injection has been going into only a few of the patterns. Some patterns will be over injected, some will have received little support.
By judging which of the patterns has the best recovery, he can improve the other pattern to perform the same. Switching injection into unsupported patterns usually make great recovery enhancements.
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Watching others floods
Reviewing others floods in your formation can give you clues about what type of patterns work well and which are disasters.
The history of floods can often be told by the applications submitted to the regulator.
Applications broadcast the pessimism (or optimism) of an operator. They indicate the operator's short and long term plans.
Applications are an expos of practical technology use. They show how technology works out in the field. They indicate success and failure of each type of technology. They even offer ways to conduct look-back analysis on technology installations.
The best way to stay on top of oil field technology is to watch applications.
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