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Mumbai High IOR Rolling Plan
Balol ISC- Heavy Oil EOR
M M Dwivedi , GM (R), IRS
Year of Discovery:
1974
Type of Field:
Offshore Multilayered
Water Depth:
80 meters
Location:
Area:
Structure:
Anticline; eastern
boundary fault; 1-2dip.
(Graben in between N & S )
IOIP:
Gas cap:
General Geology
Limestone
Sand / Silt St.
Age
Formation
Post to
Mid
Miocene
Chinchini
Units
L-I
Mid.
Miocene
Bandra
L-II
Tapti
S-I
Mahim
Mid to
Early
Miocene
Bombay
L-III
GR
A1
A2-I
A2-II
A2-III
A2-IV
A2-V
A2-VI
A2-VII
Layer A is divided
into A1 & A2
1350-
Layer A2 is further
subdivided into
seven layers A2-I to
A2-VII
Around 65 m thick
RLLD
Basic Parameters
MHN / MHS
In-place
Oil, MMt
Gas, BCM
Ultimate
Cum Prod
Reserves
~ 1500
~ 560
~ 376
~ 184
~ 390
~ 173
~ 128
~ 44
GOC (m)
1315/1330
1408/1460
60 -100
Porosity (%)
18-30
Permeability (md)
50 -500
40 -70
157
Reservoir temperature C
116
Oil FVF
1.39
Gas FVF
0.008
API
40
Stages of Exploitation
Performance of Mumbai High
500000
Phase-II
Phase-I
Water Inj.
450000
Base
Gas Lift
Infill Drilling
Initial Development
400000
IOR
Phase-II
350000
IOR
Phase-I
300000
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
1974
1977
1980
1983
1986
1989
1992
1995
1998
Time
2001
2004
2007
2010
2013
2016
2019
600000
480000
360
320
420000
280
360000
240
300000
200
240000
160
180000
120
120000
80
60000
40
0
Apr-76
Apr-80
Apr-84
Apr-88
Apr-92
Apr-96
Str on Prod
540000
Liq Rate
Oil Rate
Str on Prod
0
Apr-00
Tim e
Mum bai High (L-III) :: Injection Perform ance
1100000
1000000
900000
800000
1100
Cum Void
Cum WI
WI Rate
1000
900
800
700000
700
600000
500000
600
500
400000
400
300000
300
200000
200
100000
100
0
Apr-76
Apr-80
Apr-84
Apr-88
Tim e
Apr-92
Apr-96
0
Apr-00
WI Rate, bwpd
Deviation in Recovery
Vs water-cut
Watercut,%
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Recovery, %
70
80
90
100
350000
300000
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
80
90
100
Water-cut stabilized
Imbibed New
Technology in
Drilling & completion
MDT work culture
developed for IOR
management.
0.80
0.70
W
C,%
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
0
10
20
30
40
50
Re c,%
60
70
New Wells
Sidetracks
35
Cum. Oil
30
25
20
15
10
0
2000-01
2002-03
2004-05
Tim e
2006-07
CumOil, MMm3
15
34%
10
32 %
27%
Actual
Base Case
Phase-I
Phase-II
Current Actual
28-29
25-26
22-23
19-20
16-17
13-14
10-11
07-08
04-05
01-02
98-99
95-96
92-93
89-90
86-87
83-84
0
80-81
O il MMt
20
Balol ISC
Heavy Oil EOR
Discovered in
:1970
Put on production : 1985
Viscosity : 50 - 1000 cp
API : 15 deg API
Low Primary Rec. ~ 13 %
Dip : 3-5 deg
13 km length & 1 km wide
19
Tarapur Shale
0.10 MMt
17.42 MMt
3.56 MMt
0.97 MMt
B#167
B#153
B#163
B#159
P
US
KS
-I
USP
KS
-I
USP
KSII
KS-I
KS-II
Depth
Res Pressure
Res Temperature
Porosity
Permeability
Formation
Drive
Avg Oil Sat.
GOR
FVF
: 1000 m
: Hydrostatic
: 70 deg C
: 25-30%
: 8 Darcies
: Unconsolidated Sand
: Active water
: 77 %
: 20 26 v/v
: 1.05
Prior to commercialization,
process successfully tested in
Laboratory
Field Pilot Stage
Semi-Commercial
Stage
Phase-II
SemiCommercial
B-85
Regular Pattern
Phase-I
Pilot Area
Pilot
Air Injectors
Not to scale
1050
Siderite
1054
Sand
1058
1062
Shale
Depth, m
1046
Shale
Ignition
Artificial ignition ( Gas Burner)
Process initiation at HTO mode
Enables high vertical sweep
Low Chances of oil saturation near the well bore
100
N2
20
15
60
40
CO2
10
5
20
O2
0
CO:ppm
0
CO2, O2 %
N2 , %
80
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
1.3
1.2
1.1
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
7500
100
6000
80
4500
60
3000
40
1500
20
1997
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
WC_percent
Field : Performance
EOR Oil
Anxieties
Air Compressors
Explosions in compressed air piping due to
accumulation of carryover lubricants
Choking of cooling water lines due to scaling.
Appropriate synthetic lubricant was introduced
having higher auto ignition temperature
Reverse osmosis plant was set up to remove the
possibility of scale deposition
Regular chemical cleaning of the lines intensified
to mitigate the problem.
Anxieties
Well Completion
Well completion of old wells used as air injectors
Annular leaks of two air injectors resulted in
stoppage of air injection in entire field.
All old air injectors have been abandoned.
New substitute air injectors are being drilled.
New casing policy and right metallurgy for tubing,
casing and packer is adopted in all new air
injectors to ensure rust free environment in the
annulus.
Our Experience
ISC is an effective method for recovering oil from
heavy oil/bitumen reservoirs. (More than 40% RF)
Compression and injection of air into hydrocarbon
reservoirs is proven, but specialized technology.
Successful ISC requires robust engineering based on an
informed understanding of the process.
High temperature ignition, monitoring, and optimum air
injection rates are important.
Opportunity exists in terms of increasing oil production,
adding reserves and making money, provided ISC is
operated in high temperature mode.