Artificial Lift Experience in Mature Fields -Golfo San Jorge Basin- Jakarta2006

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Artificial Lift in Mature Fields

By Marcelo Hirschfeldt

OilProduction Consulting & Training

Patagonia Argentina

Golfo San Jorge Basin

Case Study of the

Argentina

Artificial Lift in Mature Fields

By Marcelo Hirschfeldt


Patagonia Argentina

Golfo San Jorge Basin

Case Study of the

Argentina

ARTIFICIAL LIFT CONFERENCES

RTIFICIAL LIFT CONFERENCES

211-222 Februaryebruary 2006006 – Jakartaakarta, Indonesia Indonesia


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Outline

utline

OilProduction Consulting & TrainingOilProduction Consulting & Training

••Lifting cost consideration & evolutionifting cost consideration & evolution

••Conclusionsonclusions

•• Argentinargentina – Regional contextegional context

- Oil & gas production history and distribution

il & gas production history and distribution

••Golfoolfo San Jorge Basin (GSJB)an Jorge Basin (GSJB) – Introductionntroduction

- Reservoir characteristics

eservoir characteristics

- Oil & water production trendsil & water production trends

••GSJBSJB - Artificial Lift Systemsrtificial Lift Systems

- Sucker rod /

ucker rod /

PCPump

CPump

/ ESPump

SPump

& others

others

- Artificial lift evolution

rtificial lift evolution

– Typical example

ypical example


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Argentina

rgentina

– Regional context

egional context

SouthSouth

AmericaAmerica

Argentina

rgentina

Buenos AiresBuenos Aires

GOLFO SAN JORGEGOLFO SAN JORGE

BASINBASIN



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Argentina

rgentina

- Regional context

egional context

General InformationGeneral Information

Five productive basinsFive productive basins

OilOil [bpd][bpd]:: 649,240649,240

GasGas [[MMcfpdMMcfpd]] 4,8664,866

WaterWater [M bpd][M bpd]:: 5,0155,015

Water %:Water %: 9090

Active Oil Wells:Active Oil Wells: 18,20018,200

35.535.5 bopdbopd / well / well

Active Gas Wells:Active Gas Wells: 1,3201,320



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Basins

asins

– Production distribution

roduction distribution

Oil productionOil production -- MbpdMbpd

50

0

100

00

150

50

200

00

250

50

300

00

G. San JorgeG. San Jorge

43.4

CuyanaCuyana

6

NeuquinaNeuquina

42.8

AustralAustral

5.8

NorthNorth--WestWest

2.2



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Oil well distribution

il well distribution

Oil wells : 18,200Oil wells : 18,200

GolfoGolfo SanSan

JorgeJorgeNeuquinaNeuquina

CuyanaCuyana

AustralAustral NoroesteNoroeste

63 %63 %30 %30 %

5 %5 %

1.7 %1.7 % 0.3 %0.3 %



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Argentina

rgentina

- Production History

roduction History

1900

900

1920

920

1940

940

1960

960

2000

000

980

980

2020

020

Oil & Gas Production History (average per year)Oil & Gas Production History (average per year)

200

00

400

00

600

00

80000

1,0

,0

2,0

,0

3,0

,0

4,0,0

0

0

O i l O i l - - M

b o p d

M

b o p d

G a s

G a s - - M M c f p d

M

M c f p d


Cumulative oil Production

9,070 MM BO9,070 MM BO


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2005

005

999

999

2000

000

2001

001

2002

002

2003

003

2004

004

1,000

,000

2,000

,000

4,000

,000

5,000,000

6,000

,000

400

00

800

00

1,200

,200

60000,000,000

1,000,000

200

00

W a t e r

W a t e r - - M

b p d

M

b p d

O i l O i l - - M b o p d

M b o p d

Golfo San JorgeGolfo San Jorge

Argentina

rgentina

– Oil Production

il Production



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Artificial Lift distribution

rtificial Lift distribution

Total oil wells : 18,200Total oil wells : 18,200

SRP

RP

70.9

0.9

12,901

2,901

ESP

SP

15.35.3

2,787

,787

PCP

CP

10

0

1,824,824

Gas lift

as lift

1

176

76

Plunger lift

lunger lift

0.8

.8

141

41

Natural

atural

flowing

lowing

1.9

.9

35151



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Golfo San Jorge Basinolfo San Jorge Basin


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A t l a n t i c O c e a

n

General InformationGeneral Information

Area

rea [M Acre]:28,000

8,000

Oil

il [bpd]:281,500

81,500

Gas

as [MM cfpd]:447

47

* Water

Water [M bpd]:2,686

,686

Water

ater %: 90

0

Activective

oil wells: 11,4671,467

24.5

4.5

bopd

opd

/ well

well

° API

PI (Type Escalante)24

4

* All the water is injected* All the water is injected

Drilling :Drilling : 300

WokoversWokovers:: 655

Golfo San Jorge Basin (GSJB)

olfo San Jorge Basin (GSJB)

Comodoro

Rivadavia

2005 RIG Count2005 RIG Count


First oil well drilled inFirst oil well drilled inComodoro Rivadavia in 1907Comodoro Rivadavia in 1907


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Comodoro

Rivadavia

Caleta

Olivia

Cañadón

Seco

Pico

Truncado

Las Heras

Sarmiento

145 miles


Cities


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OilOil fieldsfields distributiondistribution

Golfo San Jorge Basin (GSJB)

olfo San Jorge Basin (GSJB)

Comodoro

Rivadavia

Caleta

Olivia

Cañadón

Seco

Pico

Truncado

Las Heras

Sarmiento


Cities


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GSJB

SJB



••Enviroment of deposition

nviroment of deposition

•• Fluvial and alluvial braided stream.Fluvial and alluvial braided stream.

••Trapsraps

••Tilted horst blocks, faulted anticlines,Tilted horst blocks, faulted anticlines,

combination structural/combination structural/stratigraphicstratigraphic

•• StratigraphicStratigraphic pinchoutspinchouts

•• Reservoir rockseservoir rocks

•• SandstonesSandstones

•• Multi layers (lens)Multi layers (lens)

•• Since 30 Individual Reservoir in someSince 30 Individual Reservoir in some

wellswells



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GSJB

SJB



North

orth

outh

outh

West

est

East

ast



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GSJB

SJB



North

orth

outh

outh

10,000 ft

3,000 ft

65 miles65 miles



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Water Oil

GSJB

SJB

- Oil and Water Production

il and Water Production

500

00

2,000

,000

1,000

,000

3,000

,000

1,500

,500

2,500,500

500

100

00

150

50

200

00

250

50

300

00

350

50

40000

450

50

500

00

W a t e r

W a t e r - - M b p d

M b p d

O i l O i l - -

M b o p d

M b o p d

2000

000

2001

001

2002

002

2003

003

2004

004

2005

005

999

999



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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Oil produced from Waterflooding

il produced from Waterflooding

40 % of oil production is from

secondary recovery

(waterflooding)

2000

000

2001

001

2002

002

2003

003

2004

004

2005

005

999

999



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Water evolution

ater evolution

80%

82%

84%

86%

88%

90%

92%

94%

96%

98%

100%

W a t e

r

W a t e

r - - % %

2000

000

2001

001

2002

002 2003

003

2004

004

2005

005

999

999



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Typical oilfield inTypical oilfield in GolfoGolfo San JorgeSan Jorge

•• Finishing of primary stage (natural declination) andinishing of primary stage (natural declination) and

beginning of secondary recovery projects (water

eginning of secondary recovery projects (water

flooding)

looding)

•• High fluid flow rate extraction (in 51/2igh fluid flow rate extraction (in 51/2” casing)asing)

•• High water and oil production from secondaryigh water and oil production from secondary

recoveryecovery

•• Complex fluids: corrosive, heavy oil, gas, sand andomplex fluids: corrosive, heavy oil, gas, sand and

scale

cale


•• Multitphaces fluids (Oil + gas + water)ultitphaces fluids (Oil + gas + water)

•• Multilayer reservoir (from 3000 to 9000 ft) in the sameultilayer reservoir (from 3000 to 9000 ft) in the same

wellell


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GSJBSJB - Artificial Lift Overviewrtificial Lift Overview


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Artificial lift & typical well completion

rtificial lift & typical well completion

SRP

RP -- 788 - 8,989,989

PCP

CP -- 111 - 1,313,313

ESPSP - 100 - 1,125,125

Gas Lift

as Lift

- Plunger Lift

lunger Lift

– Jet pump

et pump

51/21/2” Casingasing (995 ))

Verticalertical wellell

Someome directionalirectional

wells

ells



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Beam Pumping ESP PCP

Artificial Lift Evolution

rtificial Lift Evolution

2000

000

2001

001

2002

002

2003

003

2004

004

2005

005

7,000

,000

8,000

,000

9,000

,000

10,000

0,000

11,0001,000

12,000

2,000

192

135

17

Grows in

the last 5

years

N

m

b

o

w

s

N

m

b

o

w

s

S.Rod pumping



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Sucker rod pumping


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Sucker rod pumping

ucker rod pumping

•• Insertable & Tubing pump : From 1nsertable & Tubing pump : From 1 ½”” to 3o 3 ¼”” diameteriameter

Pumps

umps

Best

est

practices

ractices

& Innovations

nnovations

Sucker roducker rod

•• Grade D: 1rade D: 1”-7/8/8”- 3/4/4”

Sucker rod

ucker rod

“over size pin

ver size pin

”

SR

R

¾”

”

- 7/8

/8

” pin / SR 7/8

in / SR 7/8

” – 1” pin

in

High

igh

Strength

trength

Rods

ods

& special

pecial

alloy

lloy

T E

N A R I S - S i d e r c a

Surface

urface

Longong- Stroketroke Pumpingumping Unitsnits- 30000 ”

The bigest MII in Latin America

he bigest MII in Latin America

Pump off controler

ump off controler

•• Conventional, MII & Air Balancedonventional, MII & Air Balanced

•• Max Torque:ax Torque: 1,280,280 [M in.lbs][M in.lbs] R O T A F L E X

L U F K I N

MII-1824-427-216



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0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000

Sucker rod pumping

ucker rod pumping

5,400 ft,400 ft

400 bfpd

00 bfpd

Flowrate

lowrate

- bfpd

fpd

•• Pulling Job /well / year:ulling Job /well / year: 0.4.4 – 1.2.2



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Sucker rod pumping

ucker rod pumping

Summary

ummary

•• Numb of wells :umb of wells : 8,989,989

•• Average flowrateverage flowrate - bpd:pd: 40000

••Average pump depthverage pump depth - ft :t : 5,400,400

•• Pulling Job /well / year:ulling Job /well / year: 0.40.4 – – 1.21.2

0

200

400

600800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000

F

o

w

a

e

F

o

w

a

e

b

p

b

p

Number of wells



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Progressive Cavity Pump (PCP)rogressive Cavity Pump (PCP)


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Progressive cavity pump

rogressive cavity pump

Drive head

rive head

Sucker rod string

ucker rod string

Downhole

ownhole

••Tubular & Insertable pumpsubular & Insertable pumps

••Single lobe

ingle lobe

•• NBR & HNBR ElastomerBR & HNBR Elastomer

High flow rate single lobe pumps :

igh flow rate single lobe pumps :

500 bpd @ 100 rpm

00 bpd @ 100 rpm

Downhole pressure & temperature sensorownhole pressure & temperature sensor

•• Direct & Right angleirect & Right angle

•• Max. power : 75 Hpax. power : 75 Hp

Grade D : 1

rade D : 1

” & 7/8

7/8

”

Hollow rodsollow rods

(PCP Rods(PCP Rods™™))

High

igh

Strength

trength

Rods

ods

& special

pecial

alloy

lloy

Best

est

practices

ractices

& Innovations

nnovations

T E N A

R I S - S i d e r c a



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0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000

4,000 ft

,000 ft

770 bfpd

70 bfpd

Flowrate

lowrate

- bfpd

fpd

Progressive cavity pump

rogressive cavity pump

•• Pulling Job /well / year:ulling Job /well / year: 1.0.0 - 1.4.4



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Summary

ummary

•• Num of wells :um of wells : 1,313,313

•• Average flowrateverage flowrate - bfpd:fpd: 77070


•• Pulling Job /well / year:ulling Job /well / year: 1.0.0 -1.4.4

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200

P

m

p

d

P

m

p

d

f

F

o

w

a

e

F

o

w

a

e

b

p

b

p

Progressing cavity pump

rogressing cavity pump

Number of wells



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Electric submersible pump (ESP)lectric submersible pump (ESP)



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Best

est

practices

ractices

& Innovations

nnovations

Electric submersible pump

lectric submersible pump

Surface

urface

•• Switchboardswitchboards

•• VariableVariable SpeedSpeed DriveDrive (VSD)VSD)

Downhole

ownhole

•• 456 series motors @ 5 1/256 series motors @ 5 1/2” casingasing

Instalation under deepest perforations

nstalation under deepest perforations

(51/2

51/2

” casing)

asing)

- 375 Series Motors with refrigeration shrouds

75 Series Motors with refrigeration shrouds

- Recirculation systemsecirculation systems

R e c i r c u l a t i o n S y s t e m s

- C E N T R I L I F T

==

==

E S P – W o o d G r o u p



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0

2.000

4.000

6.000

8.000

10.000

12.000

0 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000

6,500 ft

,500 ft

1,300 bfpd

,300 bfpd

Flowrate

lowrate

- bfpd

fpd



•• Pulling Job /well / year:ulling Job /well / year: 0.4.4 – 0.6.6



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0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

0 200 400 600 800 1,000

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000



Summary

ummary

•• Num of wells :um of wells : 1,313,313

•• Average flowrateverage flowrate - bfpd:fpd: 1,300,300


•• Pulling Job /well / year:ulling Job /well / year: 0.4.4 - 0.6.6

P

m

p

d

h

P

m

p

d

h

f

F

o

w

a

e

F

o

w

a

e

b

p

b

p

Number of wellsOilProduction Consulting & TrainingOilProduction Consulting & Training


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Other Artificial lift experiences

ther Artificial lift experiences

Gas Lift

as Lift

Plunger Lift

lunger Lift

Hydraulic Jet Pump

ydraulic Jet Pump

DiademaDiadema OilfieldOilfield -- CAPSACAPSA

Cerro Dragon Oilfield-

PanAmerican Energy

Cerro Dragon Oilfield-

PanAmerican Energy



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0

1.000

2.000

3.000

4.000

5.000

6.000

7.000

8.000

9.000

10.000

11.000

12.000

0 500 1.000 1.500 2.000 2.500 3.000 3.500 4.000

Artificial lift summary

rtificial lift summary

Flowratelowrate - bfpdfpd

ESPESP

PCPPCP

SRPSRP



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Artificial lift evolution


- Example

xample

•• Example of artificial lift evolution before and during axample of artificial lift evolution before and during a

waterflooding

aterflooding

project

roject

•• Maximum reservoir depth= 7,000 ftaximum reservoir depth= 7,000 ft

•• 5 1/2 1/2” Casingasing

••We consider one oil well and one water injector welle consider one oil well and one water injector well

Waterflloding

aterflloding

pattern

attern

Oil well

il well

Water injetion well

ater injetion well



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Artificial lift evolution


- Example

xample

1

10

100

1000

10000

b p

d

Increase pumping speed, pumping units & pump sizeIncrease pumping speed, pumping units & pump size

Secondary recovery (waterflooding)econdary recovery (waterflooding)

Declination First stage Second stage

SRP

ESP

Change ALS for ESP – Increase pumping speed & sizeChange ALS for ESP – Increase pumping speed & size

Increase pump size & depth setting

Small pumping unit & pump sizeSmall pumping unit & pump size

Primaryrimaryrimary

OilOil + water

Water injection

One year


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Lifting Costifting Cost


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80 %80 % for for productionproduction

20 %20 % WaterWater injectioinjectionn

Self Self ggeneratedenerated

RRentalental oror bought bought

GasGas (owned or(owned or

boughtbought))

ALS efficiencyALS efficiency

Flow rate x depthlow rate x depth

(HHP)

HHP)

Type of contractsType of contracts

Operative modelOperative model

Major artificial liftMajor artificial lift

sistemssistems

FailureFailure indexindex

LeasLeas oror contract contract for for

artificialartificial lift lift supplysupply

GSJB Lifting cost considerations

SJB Lifting cost considerations

Energy (15

nergy (15

-30 )

0 )

Energy distributionnergy distribution

Surface maintenance

urface maintenance

(15

15

-25 )

5 )

Sub

ub

-surface

urface

maintenance (25

aintenance (25

-35 )

5 )

Oilfields with more than 85 of water & Oil from Waterflooding

ilfields with more than 85 of water & Oil from Waterflooding

(60

60

-80 )

0 )

FluidFluid treatment treatment PersonnelPersonnel

OthersOthers

Others

thers



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Lifting cost evolution

ifting cost evolution

Effect of system efficiencyEffect of system efficiency Lifting cost model solutionLifting cost model solution

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t – u

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Cumulative production (% of Final Recovery)


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Conclusions

onclusions

To increase the productive basin life

o increase the productive basin life


How to achieve it ?

ow to achieve it ?

•Deepest reservoirs

What is our challenge ?

hat is our challenge ?

• Waterflooding project (improving recovery factor)

• Exploration

• Off shore development

• To continue improving our artificial lift experience


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Contact information

ontact information

Marcelo Hirschfeldt

arcelo Hirschfeldt


ilProduction Consulting & Training

Patagonia ArgentinaPatagonia Argentina

www.oilproduction.net

ww.oilproduction.net

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