Everything you need to know about WAG
Water and gas (WAG) floods resurface every few years in popularity. Unfortunately every time they appear on the flood pop charts, the industry thinks they're new.
An operator recently proposed to modify a WAG that started in the early 1960's. The operator originally started injecting with rich gas and water. The WAG failed with high GOR and was ended twenty years ago.
By reviewing the production history behind this WAG flood, you can see exactly how it performed. WAG works well in certain conditions. Learning about WAG from applications is much better than learning from the textbooks. You can see how the WAG performed in real field conditions.
You can get the application documents for this WAG through our self-serve application portal.
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Optimizing old floods adds reserves
Like this one, many operators are adding injectors to their floods. Improving water flood performance adds production and reserves. If you're careful, floods can be optimized to recover new reserves almost forever.
Every time you change the sweep pattern, you're likely to get more reserves and oil production. Proven once helped a company drill a new infill that produced 20 bopd of clean oil in an otherwise watered out flood.
More corner shots
In her application she also shows her net pay maps with several horizontal drilling corner shot locations.
By watching others' applications you can find many drilling opportunities. They often submit mapping that shows opportunity beyond their land boundaries. One recent application included 10 corner shots in the mapping submitted.
Inspect your mapping before you submit it to the regulator. Make sure it doesn't give away juicy corner shot opportunities. Your geological mapping is in the public domain the minute you submit. Always use any contour options available to map your pool onto your own land. Otherwise you may encourage someone to put another straw in your pool.
?subject=Show me how to find corner shots in my neighbor's net pay maps.&body=Please show me an AppIntel demo on how to find corner shots in my neighbor's net pay maps. %0D%0A%0D%0AMy Name:__________ %0D%0AMy Phone Number:__________ %0D%0A%0D%0A(Or call Proven Sales at 403-803-2500.)">Contact us to find out how through AppIntel.
You can get new applications sent to you in your area of interest. Would you like to see every new application within 50 miles of your operation the day it was submitted? AppIntel can do that.
Tags: Gas Injection, Flood, Exploration
10 Aug 2016
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