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Dear {FirstName} {LastName}: |
Volume 6, Number 6 |
Welcome to
Technology Update,
the Baker Hughes eNewsletter to inform you about our latest technologies for oil and gas drilling, formation evaluation,
completion and production. |
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ProductionQuest Installs Its First Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing Gauges in the Gulf of Mexico
ProductionQuest recently completed its first fiber-optic gauge deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The deployment consisted of two
Insight™ optical gauges with DTS (Distributed Temperature Sensing). The project brought many challenges, including: bottom gauge depth at ~17,600 ft (5,364 m); hole angle at 77°; completion design consisting of 3.5" tubing in a 5.5" liner; and the procurement and manufacture of equipment and components in a short time. Major project accomplishments were (a) special engineering to design the gauge carriers and splice carrier with adequate clearance while maintaining the pressure requirements – 0.017" under the casing drift, (b) 1/2" fiber-optic cable designed for the liner/tubing section; and the (c) fabrication of a splice cabin. |
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Baker Atlas Uses RCI Service and Straddle Packer™ Tool to Acquire In-Situ Reservoir Fluid Samples in Deepwater Offshore Brazil
Baker Atlas operations in Macaé, Brazil have successfully completed a
Pipe Conveyed Logging (PCL) job using the Straddle Packer™ tool in an 8-1/2" horizontal deepwater offshore well. Elements of the Straddle Packer tool were custom designed by Baker Oil Tools. This was the first time Straddle Packer sampling was acquired in a horizontal well in offshore Brazil. A competitor was initially awarded the job, but Baker Atlas was called when their tools failed. The well had a TD of 17,431 ft (5,313 m), bottomhole temperature of 195°F (91°C) and 88° deviation at the sample point. One of the operator’s main concerns was to preserve the H2S content of the samples. The operation was observed in real time from onshore offices via the Baker Atlas
WellLink /Livewire service, and the crew successfully recovered five single-phase tanks after 33 hours of pumping and performed two mini drill-stem tests. |
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Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Uses PERFORMAX Fluid and MAX-BRIDGE Additive to Replace Oil-Based Mud in Environmentally Sensitive Offshore Saudi Arabia Well
Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids has successfully applied a combination of
PERFORMAX water-based fluid and the
MAX-BRIDGE customized bridging additive as an alternative to Oil Based Mud (OBM) in the Manifa shallow water offshore field in the Persian Gulf. OBM was previously used to drill both the 12-1/4" and 8-1/2" sections, but this area has recently been deemed environmentally sensitive. A full system was applied in the 12-1/4" section, which was drilled and cored without any problems although all offset wells with OBM showed constant problems of lost circulation and differential sticking. The drilling fluid system was modified and used to drill and core the 8-1/2" section without any problems. At TD, full set of wireline logging and formation sampling were performed smoothly. The 7" liner was then run and cemented in place without problems. |
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Hughes Christensen GaugePro™ XPR Expandable Reamer Drills Superior In-Gauge Wellbore in High Island Offshore Area of the Gulf of Mexico
Hughes Christensen’s new
GaugePro™ XPR expandable reamer has had another successful run in the Gulf of Mexico. The new tool drilled a 10-5/8" x 12-3/8" hole section from 9,500 ft to 11,016 ft (2,896 m - 3,358 m) MD, in the challenging environment of the High Island offshore area. The new reamer was run on a rotary bottomhole assembly with the INTEQ 8-1/4" UPA Directional MWD and the 8-1/4" Reservoir Navigation Tool (RNT) to monitor vibrations and wellbore deviation. The GaugePro reamer was coupled with an application-specific PDC bit to drill the desired interval with minimal drilling dysfunctions, resulting in a superior in-gauge wellbore. The GaugePro reamer also was used during the wiper trip to condition the hole prior to running casing, accumulating 80 circulating and 65 drilling hours. |
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Baker Oil Tools Installs First EQUALIZER™ Reservoir Optimized Open-Hole Completion System in Kuwait’s Magwaa Sandstone Field
Baker Oil Tools successfully installed the first 4-1/2" x 6-1/8"
EQUALIZER™ Reservoir Optimized Open Hole Completion System in Kuwait’s South East Magwaa sandstone field. This was Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) first open hole Reservoir Optimized Completion (ROC). Baker Oil Tools wellsite technicians installed 4-1/2" EQUALIZER screens along with seven MPas™ packers. All packers were set successfully using a 2-3/8" inner string cup tool. The completion was run in a challenging short radius, high dog-leg severity (DLS) open hole. |
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Centrilift Provides Eight 1500 HP HPump Horizontal Pumping Systems for Colombia Enhanced Oil Recovery Project
Centrilift recently shipped eight 1500-horsepower
HPump horizontal surface pumping systems to Colombia for an injection project. These are the largest HPump units Centrilift has ever built and the systems will be operated either eight in parallel or four and four in parallel to inject produced fluid for enhanced oil recovery. Each system is capable of producing 30,000 barrels of fluid per day (for a combined total flow rate of 240,000 BFPD) at a discharge pressure of 2,000 psi from the first housed WJJ Series pump assemblies ever manufactured by Centrilift. The horizontal thrust chamber (HTC) utilizes a cartridge mechanical seal design for improved serviceability and reliability with a thrust bearing capacity in excess of 18,000 lb. The La Cira Infantas is one of the oldest fields in Colombia and this injection project is the most important enhanced oil recovery program currently under way in Latin America. |
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Baker Petrolite FLO™ Drag Reducer Lowers Pipeline Back Pressure, Allows Increased Oil Production
While working with a key customer, the Baker Petrolite Upstream business group helped remove a bottleneck and increase oil production using
FLO™ Pipeline Products Drag Reducers. The Upstream group and the FLO™ Pipeline Products group worked together with the customer to design a treatment program. As a result, the new program helped lower back pressure in a flowline from the platform into a major gathering system. This pressure reduction enabled the customer to increase oil production by 2,000 BOPD, increasing profitability and production efficiency. |
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INTEQ AziTrak™ Service Enables 100% Targeted Reservoir Coverage in Nigeria’s Okoro Field
INTEQ recently provided critical reservoir navigation service for Nigeria’s Okoro field. The operator’s goal was to minimize drilling risks and improve drilling performance while staying in the optimum stratigraphic position within the reservoir. INTEQ’s Drilling, Reservoir Navigation and Geoscience teams delivered 100% coverage of the targeted reservoir in the first horizontal section. The 8-1/2" drain hole section was drilled using a 6-3/4"
AutoTrak™ RCLS and
AziTrak™ Deep Azimuthal Resistivity service. Having landed at the optimum depth using Reservoir Navigation Services in the previous hole section, this run drilled 1,410 ft (430 m) from 7,650 ft (2,332 m) to 9,060 ft (2,762 m) MD. It was also the first AziTrak deployment in West Africa. Near the toe of the drain section, the AziTrak service was used to provide early warning that the wellpath was approaching an overlying shale. As a result, the well was steered down to avoid premature reservoir exit and remain in the optimal stratigraphic position. |
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