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The plan. Theo gravo-pack (GI intervals in
the User 328 well wore commingled whi
dowrholetuhingretrevabie flow eontel(TAFC)
valves an¢ sensors provided conto! and
‘monitoring ofeach individual one
Currently, four reservoirs are being produeed in
‘the shallow group, 10 in the intermediate and
‘wo in the deep,
‘2001, seven new reservoirs were discovered
In the Graben area of the Usari fled by a near-
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‘hat enginers precisoly design downhole flow contol chokes and have a
‘4004 understanding of the effects ofeach zone upon the others. The beige
‘ogionin the above graph depicts th expected conributon from Zone T-US1G
‘when stepping the Sin. flow contra valve through its 11 predeters
‘choke postions. This is modeled wit vals in bath other zones,
{purplel and $-US16 (pin uly open and producing according
jnd box within the greph. The graph shows that total wall production
vases for about $80 obi [1,557 mf to 10,700 Bb [1,700 of id
‘while lowing the midale ane lower zones on fully open chokes and stopping
{he 7-USIG zone valve from ful closed through tofuly open poston.
‘Sensitity on 7-US16 production is eround 500 bbs [78 m/s) por choke stop
In accordance with the accuracy required forthe contol of patencisl water
and gas production. The 8-USIG contributes the marty of production in this
‘simulation due tits reservoir pressure ane estimated productivity index (Pl)
of SO bbliss-d [1.15 aKa)
fel wildcat. Due to shallow gas that mas the
slsmle urination ofthe area, confidence was
low in the structural configuration away from the
area with well control, eas therefore necessary
‘to mitigate, as much as posible, the uncertain-
ties of potential reservoir compartmentalization,
resent areal exlent and reservoir deliverability
Defore committing to additional platforms to
cept the find.
‘To do so, Schlumberger and MPN engineers
rill 15,000-oot [4,572], extonded-reach
woll—Usari Well 2B—with an 8620-0
[2072], TSdegroe stepout from an existing
platform. The well rossed three of the soven
reservoirs in an attempt to answer operator
concerns regarding reservir deliverability and
producing characteristics. onal isolation along
‘the wellbore is provided through 9a. by Tin
by 6:in. stepbore gravel-pack packers and a
sees of concentric seal assemblies inthe Bn,
packer bore." Two similar completions in
diferent reservoirs are planned to help address
the geological uncertainties of compartmental-
laation and areal extent (above el)
‘The plan, to commingle three gravel-pack
Intervals while controlling and monitaring each
zone individually, has the added attraction of
potentially saving one well or evry three dried,
sino a singe such well ean produee three zones
‘versus two in more traditional completions
Regulations prohibit commingling in Nigeria,
However, enginoors wore able to avereome this
prohibition by demonstrating othe salistaction of
‘the Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR) hat indireet flow measurements
Interpreted from downbole pressure and tom
perature data could be combined with routine
zonal tests to bain production backealloeation
Authorities were further assured of the Schemes
efficacy by the fact that data are delivered
ireetly to engineers’ desks through the
erACT system
Asa result, MPN was granted an exemption
allowing three reservoirs to be commingled
‘through 9/in, rave-pack completions, each one
‘equipped with vuriable-setting chokes and
pressure and temperature sensors. The two lower
‘chokes are nine-postion (ineuding filly open
And fully closed) valves with maximum 2/in
equivalent flow areas (above right). The third
‘valve isan L1-position valve regulating aeross the
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