The UK, North Sea, Emerald Field is a marginal oil field that has not lived up to expectations. A combination of disappointing reservoir performance and equipment start-up problems resulted in lower than anticipated daily oil production. This paper describes the experience of Midland & Scottish Energy in managing the reservoir and operating the field facilities.

Keywords:
water cut, midland, fsu, spe 30397, polymer gel, breakthrough, operation, completion equipment, management system, shutdown
Subjects:
Offshore Facilities and Subsea Systems, Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Reservoir Simulation, Formation Evaluation & Management, Waterflooding, Completion Selection and Design, Well Intervention, Completion equipment
Copyright 1995, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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