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    ago Tess , ‘in my own words. ete Dae ce ‘ideas, equations, figures, text, tables, programs) are properly. ‘use. (A list of the references ae should be included.) Signed : Guidance Notes for Students Heriot-Watt University Ordinance 9, para 2.4 (c) states A student may be deemed to be in breach of discipline if he should ‘During an examination or other test copy from or communicate with another person dr be found in possession of books or any printed or written papers or any other material containing “information relevant to the subject of the examination other than those allowed in the ‘examination or use any other unfair means. 20.1.3 The words highlighted in this extract refer to “other tet” and “other unfair means”. “These guidance notes are intended to draw the attention of students tothe importance of ‘avoiding inadvertent use of what might be regarded as unfair means. _ “Other test” is construed in the widest possible sense of any assessed work that. the award of degree or other qualification of the Unive fr means noted inthis paper te opin. pl no means an exhaustive list. ‘The Taties field was discovered in June 1994 in the UK sector of the North Sea in a ws ‘0f 300 f. The field was developed using S wells and reached peak production in 1996. Since oil production has decreased rapidly due to inereased water production. Reservoir Properties: ‘The Tatts sand was deposited ina tubidite environment. ‘average porosity and permeability of 22% and 200 mD, respectively. ‘The reservoir sand, however, is anisotropic with a Kv/Kh ratio of 0.1. The top of the sand was encountered at 6400 ft TVDSS, and the oil-water contact is at 6500 ft TVDSS. ‘The reservoir is normally pressured wit an inital reservoir pressure of 3300 psia and litle orn aquifer support. Reservoir pressure has declined with production to 2800 psia at present. Pressure ‘maintenance was not considered when the field was being developed. ‘Table | Tists the PVT data for the Tatties fluids at current reservoir conditions. eecrateene| cs — sr ity 200000 ppm ‘Table 1: Tatties PVT Data Tatties wells: ‘The Tattes field wells have an economical limit of 1500 STB Oil/d/well; i. producing at isnot economically feasible. yas dled in May 1995, Is taken tobe the ase stay for this eld as it has for Tatties wells. Figure | isthe completion diagram for Tatties-3. Above Bassas ae ne 517: OD poarinn nive ly nects the wellhead (on the sea-bed) to the Xmas tre ‘Table 3: Well Data The Scenario: The rate of oil production decline in the Tattes field is alarming, and if no action is taken, ‘Tatties will become uneconomical by the end of this year. The Operators of the field, Big Kahuna Oil Ine., did not accept this situation and have fired the field's former team leader fori ‘management of the field. Big Kahuna has hired you to improve production from the Tatties field. Your Mission: Big Kahuna Oil Inc. has asked you to study the field's potential. A model has been created ‘company approved software. A variety of production proposals have been modelled and the Of these simulations has been provided in graphical form. I is your job to evaluate these using the all data provided. ‘The report shall outline ‘A) the model you have used for your study, 'B) the potential ofthe base case scenario, used asthe base case wel forthe Tates fel throughout t ‘minimise the computer time involved in simulations, the model contains only thos ‘that contribute significantly to the pressure drop along Tatties-3. These are shown in Ta ‘Table 4: Well Data ‘Compare ths modelo the completion design in Figure 1 ‘When woud it be necessary onl the nipples a sodel design? 2%! gl date ese ee ubeh usalls tn higher grittcoual J losses ©) The outflow performance for Tattes-3 was modelled using a number of well-known correlations. Point C Presi at Cain, MO 650 500% amet temets e T, es eee Tensor pene ip: Lowpasite ~*?? wn ‘model used to produce this curve. Why was this chosen? Oza ke pe ‘achieve that, you must determine what effect the ‘in water cut will have on Tatties3's production if nothing is done to In other words, determine the reservoir pressure and the water cut at which ra ‘uneconomical to produce under the current production seenaio, # 4) In order to evaluate the viability of producing Taties3 as water-cut pressures decrease, a number of sensitivity analyses were performed on the pro ‘Tatties-3. These sensitivities are illustrated by Figures 4a, b,¢ and d, and their results. ‘summarised in Table 5: 209 12833 3034 laos [146 12150 l1v00 Wop 49411220 [OP VORP ‘NOP =No operating point ‘Table &:Tattes-3 Oil Production Forecast 18% 'b) You discuss these figures with the feld’s engineers. Since anificial lift can not be supported by the production facilities on the Tattes platform, you agree with your engineers that you have to start a water injection scheme to maintain the reservoir pressure at 2800 psia. igure S shows the well sensitivity to water cut. Under these circumstances, Tattes-3 will produce economically (1500+ BOPD) at maximum water cut of ¢& % and at an cil production rate of 1560 BOPD. This is considered to be the Base Case scenario, aginst which all other schemes in section C will be compared. ©) With a water injection scheme in place, you expect to face even more severe water production from Tattes-3. One way of dealing with such a problem is to plug-off “watered-out” perforations. List two advantages and two disadvantages of this scheme. ‘You phone management and convince them to fund the pressure maintenance scheme, In 5 they agree to provide @ budget for an extra project to improve Tatties’s production. In this section YoU must select the best project from your engineers’ suggestions below. Since production, and thus revenue, from Tattes is greatly affected by water production form the: field, Big Kahuna Oil Ine. defines the best production enhancement project for the Taties field as the fone that sustains economical production form Tatties-3 at the highest water-cut. Therefore, this should be the criterion you use to select the project you recommend to management. After lunch, Tatties’s senior production technologist steps into your office. He says that while he was having lunch, he remembered that Big Kahuna has been quite successful using Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP’s) in the nearby Tatties field. Additionally, he says that gas lift may be an option as the ‘well has a high PI and the Big Kahuna has sufficient gas supply from another nearby field. He says that he is aware of the drilling department suggesting a slanted well, but installing artificial lift will be quicker and cheaper than side tracking the well. He suggests investigating the installation of an artificial lift scheme with a target liquid rate of 9000 STB/4, Figures 7a & b show the performance plots of the pumps (installed at the MD of 5000") current conditions. The most suitable pump of Tatties-3 given the present conditions Hfsco é 12000] 5 p02 |y 26 baz ‘Table C.1; Tatties-3 Oil Production Forecast with ESP. meet * denotes rate outwith the operating range of the pump (e.g. $923 - outwith, but $923 ~in the range). According to Table C.1 the optimum ESP for Tatties-3 for declining reservoir pressure is © _, ata water cut of 30%, ©) Determine the benefit from installing an ESP in Tatties3 using Figure 9 in terms of the maximum water-

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