Case Study: A Fast Calculation Method on Optimizing Inflowing Control Parameters for Staged Premium Screen

Yang CHEN, Zongyi CHEN, Shaoxian WANG, Zhigang QI, Peibin GONG

Abstract


Staged premium screen technology has been widely used in Shengli Oilfield, and works as a reliable method for sectional inflow control completion in horizontal wells. The completion plan of staged premium screen were originally optimized by flow loop test, however, the test procedure is usually as long as 12 working days. Therefore, a fast calculation method with processing time of no more than 2 days is proposed. When the well bore segmentation scheme is available, screen number as well as base pipe hole density are selected as the key parameters, and are optimized from one interval to the next on the basis of inflow control characteristics formula of staged premium screen. During the optimization of each interval, the parameters which best fit the requirements of “reasonable inflow control pressure drop” and “maximum discharge area” are determined from many alternative values. G6-P15 well, designed under the guidance of fast calculation method, obtained more balanced fluid and oil production profile versus Reference Well G6-P12. So far, 15 wells have been designed by this fast method. On average, the annual decline rate of daily oil production, the annual increase rate of water cut as well as annual mean of water cut of application wells are observed to be 36.7%, 9.4% and 7.9% lower than those of reference wells, respectively, while the annual accumulation oil production of target wells is 12.2% higher than that of reference wells. These successful applications prove that the fast calculation method has provided reasonable design.


Keywords


Staged premium screen; Inflow control; Perforation density; Fast calculation method; oil production; Water cut

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