TAR1 - Chemical TracerbyLundin

Chemical Tracer Flow Profiling Technology
Technology Adoption & Replication (TAR) Dialogue
14th June 2017
Masran Kadir
Lundin Petroleum
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Introduction
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Introduction
Content
• Problem statement
• Field, wells and reservoir information
• Summary of any other technical studies done to solve the issue

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Problem statement
• Bertam oil field has been developed with horizontal wells ESP artificial lift.
• The well completion design does not allow through-tubing intervention to

access the horizontal section for production logging tools to evaluate the
ICD performance.
• As such, chemical tracers were installed at pre-defined interval along the

horizontal sections to verify or confirm the well clean up and provide the oil
and water inflow distribution profile.

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Bertam Field Background
• Location : PM307 (Penyu Basin)

• Water Depth : 76m
• Discovery : Jun 1995 (Bertam-1) by PCSB, flowed
620STB/d naturally.
• Lundin Farm-in: May 2011
PM307 • Appraisal Well : Dec 2011 (Bertam-2)- flow
120STB/d and 460STB/d with N2 lift.
• FDP Approval : Sept 2013
• Development Drilling : Aug 2014 – Sep-2015
• First Oil : Apr 2015 from 11 wells.
BERTAM FIELD
• 2nd Appraisal Well : Oct 2015 (Bertam-3)
• Infill well, A-15 : Feb 2016 (FDP#2)
• Peak production : 14,000STB/d
PM308B PM308A
• Current production : 9,500STB/d
• Total wells :12 Oil producers

Bertam Reservoir Information
• Initial Pressure : 2215 psia
• Reservoir Temperature : 195.8 deg F
• Reservoir depth : 1605mTVDSS
• Aquifer Strength : Moderate to strong
• Vertical well PI : 0.3 to 1.7STB/d/psi
• Fluid Properties Bertam-2
• Rsi : 101 scf/bbl

• Oil Gravity : 37.3 deg API
• Bubble Point Pressure : 645 psia
• Bob : 1.11 rb/stb
• Oil Viscosity
Bertam-1
: 1.9 cp (at Pi)
• CO2 : 0.68%
• Pour point : 39deg C
• WAT : 52deg C
• Rock properties (K10.1)
• Porosity : 22-27 %;
• Permeability : 100 – 250 mD;
• Thickness : 4m – 10m
• UCS : 1400-1500psi
• PSD : 37micron D50
• Reservoir Development
• 12 horizontal wells with ESP artificial lift with expected
RF of about 30%.

Bertam Well Construction Design
Bertam-2
ESP Setting
depth
Bertam-1
ESP Setting
depth

Concept of the technology

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Concept of the technology
Content
• Introduction of the technology & the concept
• Why choose the proposed technology over other approaches?

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Introduction of the technology & the concept
• Designed to assist in the verification of

production in-flow performance along the
horizontal well.
• Polymer tracers which are designed for

controlled release when in contact with reservoir
oil/condensate or water.
• The presence of a specific tracer and its

concentration in the production fluids allows a
fluid flow profile to be produced at a given point
in time.
• The systems are designed to remain passive

until such contact occurs and remains viable in
this passive state for many years.
• With the ESP completion, thru-tubing PLT will

not be possible.

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Applications of the technology

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Applications of the technology
Content
• Planning and executions
• Related cost

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Planning and executions
• Field developed with horizontal well to provide

sufficient areal coverage.
• Completed completion length is in range 130 –

904 m for 12 wells.
• Integrated with ICD with check valve and swell

packer per 12.6 meter of 5½” SAS.
• Tracer installation via in-situ tracer injection at

KSB per SAS joint.
• 4 for each oil and water tracer are installed at

pre-defined interval along the horizontal section.
• Material & Installation cost around RM500K per

well, analysis cost not included

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Planning and executions

Tracer unique number Pipe serial number
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Value creations

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Value Creations
Content
• Results
• Value creations (cost reduction, production increase, safer operations, etc)
• Cost comparison (if any)
• Any other possible applications
• Replications: Fields/reservoirs that benefit from the technology

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Well Tracer Results : A-2ST1
• A-2ST1 is the longest horizontal
section in Bertam (904m SAS
length).
• Tracers indicated good clean-up and
production contribution from heel to
toe.
Clean-up

Well Tracer Results : A-3
• A-3 is the second longest horizontal

section in Bertam (836m SAS
length).
• Tracers indicated good clean-up and
production contribution from heel to
toe.

Field Tracer Results
• Showing the average tracer contribution for oil and water.

• Tracer indicate good well clean-up as all oil tracers are detected from heel to toe during back flow
and main production.
• Reasonably “balance“ oil tracer contribution indirectly indicate balance pressure drawdown
through out the horizontal sections.
• Water tracers indicate water streaking through certain section of the horizontal sections.

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Tracer Benefits
• Provide the well clean out verification on all wells.
• Provide the water inflow performance into the wellbore
• Provide the information of the fluid type and fluid inflow distribution
• Assist in reservoir well management and reservoir simulation model history

matching
• Assist in pressure transient analysis for horizontal well.
• Replacement of production logging tools (PLT)

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Limitation & Potential
Improvement

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Improvement
Content
• Limitation of the technology
• Uncertainty
• Operation constrains
• Potential improvement

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Improvement
Content
• Limitation of the technology
• Uncertainty
• Operation constrains
• Potential improvement

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Limitation & Potential Improvement
Limitation of the technology :
• The life-span is limited from 6 month to 2 years.
• Un-uniform rate of release, especially toward the end of tracer life-span can mis-
represent the well results (e.g., only one or two still can be detected out of 4 )
• Provide a non-continuous profile through-out horizontal, profile will be based on

number of tracers installed.
• Quantifying zonal contribution on oil flow requires well to be shut-in and flowed for
transient profile.
Uncertainty :
• Provides information on annulus flow profile, flow between tracers unknown.
Operation constrains :
• None, other types of installation may have logistic constraint.
Potential improvement :
• Longer tracer life-span and improved oil tracer design not rely on transient profile
for contribution.
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Chemical Tracer Flow Profiling Technology

Technology Adoption & Replication (TAR) Dialogue

14th June 2017

© 2017 PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS)

All rights reserved. No part of this document may be

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Field, wells and reservoir information

• Summary of any other technical studies done to solve the issue

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• The well completion design does not allow through-tubing intervention to

• As such, chemical tracers were installed at pre-defined interval along the

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Location : PM307 (Penyu Basin)

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Rsi : 101 scf/bbl

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Introduction of the technology & the concept

• Why choose the proposed technology over other approaches?

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Designed to assist in the verification of

• Polymer tracers which are designed for

• The presence of a specific tracer and its

• The systems are designed to remain passive

• With the ESP completion, thru-tubing PLT will

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Planning and executions

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Field developed with horizontal well to provide

• Completed completion length is in range 130 –

• Integrated with ICD with check valve and swell

• Tracer installation via in-situ tracer injection at

• 4 for each oil and water tracer are installed at

• Material & Installation cost around RM500K per

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Value creations (cost reduction, production increase, safer operations, etc)

• Cost comparison (if any)

• Any other possible applications

• Replications: Fields/reservoirs that benefit from the technology

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• A-3 is the second longest horizontal

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Showing the average tracer contribution for oil and water.

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Provide the well clean out verification on all wells.

• Provide the water inflow performance into the wellbore

• Assist in reservoir well management and reservoir simulation model history

• Assist in pressure transient analysis for horizontal well.

• Replacement of production logging tools (PLT)

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Limitation of the technology

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• Limitation of the technology

Presentation Title (acronym) ;

• The life-span is limited from 6 month to 2 years.

• Provide a non-continuous profile through-out horizontal, profile will be based on

• Provides information on annulus flow profile, flow between tracers unknown.