Production Restoration Following Long Term Community Crisis – A Case Study of Well X in ABC Field, Onshore Nigeria

Autor: Adewale Philip Adedokun, Olanike Adeoye, Esta Eleluwor, Martins Oluwatobi Oke, Christopher Ibiyomi, Odira Okenwa, Obisike N. Ubendu, Ikenna Obi
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Day 3 Wed, August 03, 2022.
DOI: 10.2118/212039-ms
Popis: Following multi-disciplinary reviews, an opportunity was identified to restore production and unlock incremental reserves from well X, a dual completion in two different reservoirs but subsequently deserted due to long term community crisis that led to over 25years of non-production with complete vandalization of well head and flowlines. The method employed involved the strategic resolution of long-term crisis between two communities where well X is located, via a multi-disciplinary effort involving the operating company’s Community Relations, HSSE, Production Engineering, Operations Support and Portfolio Management functions. The installation of a retrofitted well head was done with first line and second line maintenance carried out. Wireline drifting and static bottom hole pressures were acquired for both strings using slickline equipment and a preliminary well test was conducted for both strings with production to a flowback tank. The preliminary result for the long string (LS) indicated a high water cut (>80%), while the result from short string (SS) was in line with expectation ( This solution provides a cost effective and efficient way to increasing production and reserves at minimal expenditure leveraging on multi-disciplinary expertise, using existing infrastructures as well as resolving community crisis, where applicable.
Databáze: OpenAIRE