Presentation by Norsk Hydro describes the completion, suspension and production start-up of four wells in the Tune gas condensate field, offshore Norway. Wells suspended in open hole with formate brine for 6-9 months. Quick natural clean-up of potassium formate drilling fluid residues from the horizontal open holes during production start-up. No filter-cake clean-up required.
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Production start-up in Tune gas condensate field, offshore Norway
1. Tune Case (NH)
Experience from Clean-up and
Production using formate based
brines as drilling/completion fluids
Drilling & Completion Fluid Seminar, Aberdeen 03.06.24
By Stine Bøhle Karlsen, Production Technology Tune
5. Initial clean-up Tune
PDO
To drilling rig (Deep Sea Delta)
2-3 weeks after final completion
Actual
To Oseberg Field Centre (through 11 km of pipeline)
– DSD not applicable
– outstanding verifications to perform clean-up
– Safety risks: flare + HT/HP
6-12 months after final completion
6. Initial clean-up Tune – continue
November /December 2002
Focus
Initial clean-up
Possible problems related to condensate blocking
Strategy
Gradually opening of well
Controlled by bottom hole pressure (Pdewpoint = 509 bar)
Measurements
P/T sensors down hole and at wellhead
Gas flow meter
Online density meter on Tune separator
7. A-14 H – well trajectory
Geological cross-section along the drilled wellpath 31/8-A-14 H
BCU
Heather/Upper Tarbert
Lower Tarbert
TD
T2B1
T2B4
T2B2
T2B6
T2B5
T2B3
Well 30/8-A-14 H
Horizontal section ~900 m
Completed mid May 2002
K/Cs-formate in reservoir section
8. 30/8-A-12HT2
T2B5
T2B6
T2B4 T2B3
T2B2
T2B1
Heather/
Upper Tarbert
Lower Tarbert
A-12 T2H – well trajectory
Horizontal section ~650 m
Completed mid Nov 2001
Initially K-formeat in reservoir section
Displaced to K/Cs-formate mid June 2002,
as upper completion was set
Tracers placed @
Antimonium - 4444 mMD RKB
Scandium - 4675 mMD RKB
Top reservoir @
4178 mMD RKB
TD @
4834 mMD RKB
9. A-11 AH – well trajectory
BCU
Top Res
Heather/
Upper Tarbert
“Lagoonal Event”
GOC
Lower Tarbert
OWC
Horizontal section ~350 m
Completed mid April 2002
K/Cs-formate in reservoir section
10. 30/8-A-13H
T2B5
T2B6
T2B4
T2B2
T2B1
Upper Tarbert
Lower
Tarbert
T2B3
A-13 H – well trajectory
Tracers placed @
Silver - 4616 mMD RKB
Cobalt - 5031 mMD RKB
Top reservoir @
4241 mMD RKB
4829 mMD RKB
Lagoonal event
@ 5026 mMD
RKB
Reservoir section ~900 m
Completed mid Dec 2002
K-formate in reservoir section
Only well not displaced to K/Cs-formate
11. Overall performance Initial Clean-up
Left for 6-12 months before clean-up
Planned for 2-3 weeks
10 - 24 hours per well
Well performance
Qgas 1.2 – 3.6 MSm3/d
PI 35 – 200 kSm3/d/bar
Well length sensitive
No indication of formation damage
– Match to ideal well flow simulations (Prosper) - no skin
Indications of successful clean-up
Shut-in pressures
Water samples during clean-up
– Formate and CaCO3 particles
Registered high-density liquid in separator
Tracer results
– A-12 T2H non detectable
– A-13 H tracer indicating flow from lower reservoir first detected 5 sd after
initial clean-up <-> doubled well productivity compared to initial flow data
No processing problems Oseberg Field Center
SIWHP SIDHP SIWHP SIDHP
bara bara bara bara
A-11 AH 169 - 388 -
A-12 T2H 175 487 414 510
A-13 H 395 514 412 512
A-14 H 192 492 406 509
Before After
3350
3400
3450
3500
3550
3600
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Well length [m MD]
Depth[mTVDMSL]
A-11AH
A-12HT2
A-13H
A-14H
A-11 AH plugged back
12. Return of completion fluid
No quantitatively control of liquid flow during
start-up and first weeks of production
Spot ”water” samples of clean-up flow from
A-12 T2H and A-11 AH
s.g. 0.8 - 1.33 pH 7.8 – 8.7
CaCO3 particles
Crushed Formation particles
13. Normal Production
Stepwise increase in production to monitor well behaviour
(January 2003)
Possible problems related to condensate blocking
Production reached PDO defined plateau rate of 9 MSm3/d on
January 24th
No negative effect on well productivity has been registered
Ion analysis of produced water (January) - high content of
Potassium
Pigging operation in March and June – minor/no formate
Status June 2003
All four wells producing
Well productivity as expected
Gas production 12.4 MSm3/d
Condensate 23 000 bbls/d