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Steamflood With Vertical Injectors and Horizontal Producers in Multiple Zones

Authors
Sanjeev Malik (Occidental Petroleum Corporation) | Eamon Zhang (Occidental Petroleum Corporation) | Mohammed Al Asimi (Occidental Petroleum Corporation) | Thomas L. Gould (International Reservoir Technologies)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2118/129248-PA
Document ID
SPE-129248-PA
Publisher
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Source
SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
Volume
14
Issue
02
Publication Date
April 2011
Document Type
Journal Paper
Pages
161 - 170
Language
English
ISSN
1094-6470
Copyright
2011. Society of Petroleum Engineers
Disciplines
5.1.5 Geologic Modeling, 5.1 Reservoir Characterisation, 5.4.6 Thermal Methods
Keywords
Mukhaizna, Steamflooding
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Summary

The Mukhaizna heavy-oil field in the Sultanate of Oman desert has three distinct zones that require steam injection to enhance oil recovery. A new, geocellular-based reservoir description was prepared to evaluate the steamflood performance of these three zones using different horizontal- and vertical-well configurations. On the basis of the results of thermal simulations, the final design called for vertical wells injecting steam into all three zones, with three stacked horizontal production (HP) wells, one for each zone. One advantage of this design is the ability to control the steam flux from each vertical injector (VI) into each zone to mitigate early steam breakthrough and optimize recovery. After 2 years of steam injection, oil production is tracking the thermal model nicely.

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