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September
1999 Supplement Contents
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Petroleum
Technology Digest, a joint effort by World Oil and the Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) to provide independent producers with field-proven
solutions to their technical problems. In this publication, the editors and PTTC staff
present several recent case studies of exploration, drilling and production techniques
that have been tested successfully in oil and gas fields within the U.S.
These case studies have been solicited and developed
by the PTTC. No specific application of products or services is endorsed by PTTC.
Reasonable steps are taken to ensure the reliability of sources for information that
PTTC disseminates; individuals and institutions are solely responsible for the
consequences of its use.
The not-for-profit Petroleum Technology Transfer
Council was formed by the U.S. oil and natural gas industry in 1994 to accelerate the
dissemination of technology to independent exploration and producing companies, and to
communicate industrys needs to the R&D community. PTTC is funded primarily
by the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Fossil Energy, through the National
Petroleum Technology Office and Federal Energy Technology Center, with additional
funding from universities, state geological surveys, several state governments and
industry donations. |
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Case studies sought for future issues of this
publication. Contact PTTCs national office for details at
http://www.pttc.org. |
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Vertical and horizontal
redrills tap bypassed reserves Production was increased by 850 bopd in
a section of the offshore California Carpinteria field held by Pacific Offshore
Operators Inc. Zones that had not been adequately drained by existing wellbores were
accessed through a vertical-horizontal redrill program. |
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Our Energy Links
section has even more website links divided into convenient categories:
Government Agencies, Associations, Operators, and Vendors/Services. |
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Waterflood strategy evolves
from improved 3-D flow unit characterization A high-resolution, 3-D
data set, combined with 3-D visualization tools, led Yates Petroleum to a new
waterflooding strategy design an individual waterflood for each identified
major flow unit. |
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Polymer gels improve
waterflood sweep efficiency and oil recovery Polymer gel treatments in
injection wells correct water channeling problems, recovering 15,000 to 25,000 bbl of
incremental oil to date. |
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Waterflood in Kansas field
should boost recovery by five million bbl Engineered waterflooding
based on integrated reservoir characterization and modeling work has proven to
be profitable in Stewart (Morrow) field in western Kansas. |
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CT-deployed dewatering
system installs quickly in gas wells A new coiled-tubing-deployed
electric submersible pump system addresses liquid loading in shallow gas wells and is
up to 50% faster to install than conventional pumping systems. |
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Using
alkaline-surfactant-polymer floods as an alternative to waterfloods An
alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flood in Cambridge Minnelusa field at the end of
primary production increased ultimate oil recovery to 60.9% of original oil-in-place
from the swept area. |
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New additive provides
inexpensive solution to well and facility cleanup Field performance
tests have confirmed that a process to render most hydrocarbons non-hazardous can
provide a fast, safe and economical way to remediate "typical" spills and
leaks. |
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How to reduce electrical
power costs without sacrificing production rate By installing timers
and pumping during off-peak hours, Equinox Oil reduced electrical power consumption in
Illinois South Albion field by 25%. |
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Microbial process cuts cost
of injection water treatment in half Overall water treating costs in a
portion of Wilmington Oil field in California were reduced by 50%, without sacrificing
protection. |
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1999 Gulf Publishing Company |