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SPE 26990

Enhanced Oil Recovery Pilot Project, Catriel Oeste Field

A,J. Gagliano*, D.D. Lasalle, J.A. Olive and R,A. Sabas, Cia. Naviera Perez Companc, and S.M. Farouq
Ali, University of Alberta
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ABSTRACT

[n terms of improving oil remvery in Catriel Oeste
project was undertaken to determine the feasibility of
an Enhanced OiI Reeovery process by Polymertlood.
was selected in two productive resemoirs projecting
with polymer injection on August 1993.
This paper describes the studies made for the pilot design and
the conditions in which it will set, taking into account aspects as
reservoir characteristics, present conditions, laboratory testings
and a brief description of the facilities,
Field, a Catriel Oeste Field is located in the northwest area of IUo
applying Negro province at 150 km from Neuqu&n city (Figure 1). The
A pilot area of the field is 4500 ha. Productive unit is Quintuco Fm.
to statl (Lower Cretaceous), reservoirs are at a depth of 350 mbsl. The
field was discovered in 1959, beginning its commercird
exploitation in 1965. In 1974, a waterflood was implemented
with 47 wells in injection today. Total of drilled wells is 217
from which 187 are ac[ive.
Polymerflood was chosen among olher EOR schemes due to the
stratification of the reservoir, high water-oil mobility ratio
(MR), important mobile oil saturation and thickness of the
layers below to 10 m not allowing thermal process. Production
water (PW) will be used for the polymer slug due to the need to
reinjeet the PW, environmental considerations and in order to
avoid possible incompatibility with the formation brine.

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 2 ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PILOT PROJECT, CATRIEL OESTE FIELD
FfELD DESCFUPTTON
II is located in the eastern margin of Neuquen Basin. IIS
structure is a long and slightly asymrrwtrtc, WNW-ESE oriented
anticline (Figure 2).
The Quinmco formation M subdivided in three members:
Lower, M}ddle and Upper. The Ianer is the main productive
objective, it concemrates 89% of OOIP, The most important
reservoirs (layers i, 3, 4 aod 5) are located within this member,
corresponding afl of them to a Iittoraf-marine environment 1.
Three of the above mernioned reservoirs form sandy lobe bodies
deposiied over a platform with low dip angle Ialerafly
arnafgarnated (layers 1, 3 and 5); its dimensions are 6 km
length, 4 km wide. Facies with reservoir propefites offer
cotuinuity through a length of 2 km, with an average thickness
of 5 m, These bodies are imerbeded with lightly sandy carbonic
levels from which Layer 4 is the only with reservoir properties.
This al:cmate is considered to be due to relat!ve changes in sea
level 2J3, A log type section N shown in F]gisre 3.
The oil field development is on 9 ha wells spacing, with them
completed in severaf reservoirs. At initiaJ conditions, it had gas
cup in i[s two superior reservoirs (layer 1 & 3). Thus,
production mechanism was expansion of gas cup, gas drive and
a slight aqu]fer activi~y in soulhetn and eastern sides, mainly In
layers 1 and 3. Nevertheless, during this stage, pressure fell
suddenly cfue to oi[ properties (low f301, low Rsi and high
viscosity),
Catriel Oeste Oil field was operated from the beginning bv state
company YPF. Since 1972 on, i! is being managed by a group
of companies leaded by Cia, Naviera Perez Companc, In 1974 a
waterflood was implememed with fresh water. The initial
arrangement was a inverted seven spot and some peripheral
wells. Afterwards, latter ones were abandoned being the project
intensified in the inside area through conversion of producing
wells (o injec~ors using the same arrangement. In 1989 an area
located in the northeas{ part of the field was discovered and
developed.
The waterflood experienced an early water break~hrough ( 1
year) due to the high MR. Field production and injeaion
history is shown in Figure 4,
As a consequence of the increment of water production rate, the
same began to be reinfected replacing the fresh water. Tlis
originated more incrustatioct and corrosion problems compelling
the replacement of selective injection installations for globaf
ones. The change of [be injection system added to the different
quality of the reservoirs (on the one hand layers 1 & 3 and on
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the other hand layers 4 & 5) produced an overinjection in the
former ones and deficient displacement m the latter ones
suggest ing a lower recovery. This is the reason why they were
chosen to [mplement the pilot proJect, being its main objective
Layer 5 as it has associated [he major OOIP of both of them.
Cumulative production is 6. I x 106 m3 or 21 ,4% of 00IP,
expecting in present conditions to reach 27.4% of OOIP. Total
liquid rate is 5100 m3/day with 92 ?4 water cut (415 m3/day of
oli). The 23 API oii was saturated at a pressure of 7061 kPa
(reference level 390 mbsl) at initiaf conditions. Viscosity was
24 cp, Boi 1.07 m3/m3 and Rsi 23 m3/m3. Salinity of
formation water was 66 gr/lt of CINa with a vmcoslty of 0.65
cp in reservoir conditions meanwhile relative density of gas was
0.654.
LABORATORY TEST~G
In order to choose the most suitable polymer for the reservoir
conditions and its flutds, a screening was made. For this
purpose severaJ polyacrilarrudes (PAM) and three biopolymer
(BIO) were studied The solutions at different concentrations
were tested in friued glass filters, Berea plugs and core plugs.
POLYMER SCREE!WNG
Tests were run :0 evaluale different polymers, rheologicaf
properties and plugging tendencies were deterrntned. In
addition, influence of parameters like sal:niry and bacteriaf
contest! of PW was analyzed, Table I shows cherrticaJ and
bacteriological analysis of PW.
Strong vlscos]ty decrease was obserwd in PAM due to
production water saliniry, even though reached values
maintained stable in time. EtIO showed no important viscosity
decrease by sa!imty but bacterial gradation was complete in a
short time.
Resistance factor (RF) vafues, defined as the ratio off polymer
and water mobility, and residual resistance factor (RRF) ratio of
waler mobility before and after polymer injection, obmined
from testings on Berea cores were the same as those obtained
from fritted glass
FLOW TESTING ON CORE PLUGS
Testing purpose was to get an optimal polymer concentration
and to determine parameters like polymer adsorption and shear
effect. For each tes[ were plotted the values of RF and RRF
agamsl polymer and water pore volumes injected (VPI).
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 A polyacrilamide in powder with an intermediate molecular
weight (12 to 15 x 10 6 gr/grmol) in a concentration of 500
ppm was selected as the product to be injected, the solution
will be prepared with PW, The RF values estimated from the
laborato~ test were 20 to 7 and RFF vafues were similar. The
adsorption measure in laboratory test was 60 kgl 103m3 of bulk
volume,
They were run linear coreflood to determine the potentiaf oil
recovery with polymer and the incremental over the waterflood.
Fore more information about the laboratory work the reader is
referred to SPE Paper 26989 EOR Polymer Screening for an Oil
Filed whit High Salinity Brines (submitted to this conference)
STUDIES FOR THE PILOT SELECTION
Layers 4 and 5 were studied in an area affecting 50% of driI1ed
wells and almost the total area of waterflood. Llthological
characteristics and reservoirs properties were evafuated from
Key Wells which have core (RCO-257, RCO-258 and RCO-
259). This evaluation required petrographic analysis from thin
sections, capillary pressure curves interpretation and
pafeoenvironmental analysis.
Correlation with other wells was stated by means of cutting and
logs in order to map Iithofaciaf variations and totaf thickness
(Figure 5 & 6). The net pay and tie petrophysics were mapped
according to facial variations,
All this information and the behavior in prirmwy and secondary
production aflowed deduce a lateral continuity scheme and a
connection model between wells for each reservoir,
The generaf characteristics of each reservoir are as follows:
M!Gi: It is form~ W a fine to ~ium w~z-feldespatic
sand with cafcareous cement and excellent sorting. Porosity is
interparticular and average values are 27%; permeability is
around 700 mD, it has good pore throats sorting (25% > 16 p,
50% > 4.5 p and 75% > 0.3 p). It has porosity and
permeability vertical variations associated to an increase of
carbonate cement and amounts of clay. The net pay varies
between 1,20 and 2,30 m. Based on relative quality variations
three facies were mapped called M (marginal) S (intermediate)
and MB (central) (Table 2).
The reservoir appears to be of intermediate water nettability
with a connate water saturation of 30% and a residual oil
saturation of 32%.
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a) Thin to very thin feldspathic sands with calcareous cement
and good sorting; the porosity is inter-particular with average
values of 15%, re.gufar pore throat sorting (25% > 2.9 p, 50%
> 1.3 p, 75% 0.18 p). Permeability values are around 60 mD.
The net pay of this layer is between 0,5 and 1,5 m. The facies
called B show this Iithology (Table 3) 56.
b) Oolitic grainstone with subsparitic cement; it prcsertIs low
irtterpsrticular porosity by dissolution (up to 12%). Pore throats
sorting is regular to bad (25% > 2.4 p, 50% > 0.18 p, 75%
> 0.007 ~) and permeability average values are 20 rnD. This
facies is present irr M Iithology (Table 3).
At the same time a numerical simulation was made to determine
in which conditions the pilot project would be placed. And with
a speciaf module which allows polymerflood, scale the
laboratory test to the field in order to obtain a forecast of the
polymerflood and to have a tool to anafyze the expansion of the
pilot.
A threedimensiortal black oil simulator was used for the history
matching. An area able to contain the pilot was selected to
simulate, based on available reservoir studies and geological
description. In figure 7 is shown she area selected to simulate.
A grid system of 32 x 18 x 6 cells was built with a total of 66
production and injection wells (Figure 8). The grid comprises
the four reservoirs of Upper Quintuco and also the two upper
ones of Middle Quintuco because some wells in the latter one
are completed there,
The results of the history matching are shown in Table 4. The
rnairt aspect is that there are areas in Layers 4 & 5 with a high
present oil saturation, Average values calculated by simulator
are 20% for reservoir Layer 5 and 10% for reservoir Layer 4,
Figure 9 and 10 show mobile oil saturation for both reservoirs.
History matching of the linear coreflood and the oil recovery
performance with polymer and water were made using the
speciaf module of the simulator. This module takes into
account aspects Iikc polymer adsorption, water relative
permeability decrease, portion of the pore volume inaccessible
to the flow of polymer, viscosity reduction due to shear effect
and salinity degradation over rheologicaf properties.
History match of the linear flow test was intended to match
values obtained in laboratory for effective viscosity within a
pore media, the decrease of viscosity by shear effect, polymer
adsorption and RRF value. Figure 11 shows differential
pressure vafues measured in laboratory and those calculated by
the simulator for one of the tests.
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 Regarding testing for oil recovery, i[ was determined based on
parameters matched through simulation of flow testings and
reservoir layer 5 rela!ive permeability curve (main pilot
objective) which was used for the field history matching, In
figure 12 are shown the recovery with waterflood and
polymerffood.
PILOT PR&IECT
An area with both layers showing good Iifhofaciaf
characteristics and an important present mobile oil saturation
was selected to place the pilot, flris means an attractive
remaining reserve to be moved by EOR. This u,as confirmed
with data ob[ained from the drilling of the well RCC)-40K
Aspects like quantity of wells to be drilled, conversion of
production welIs to injector ones, quantity of polymer to be
injected and possibilities of pilot expansion were also taken into
account. The objectives of the pilot are to:
1. Demonstrate in which amount improving the displacement
with polymer will increase the final oil recovery and reduce the
producing water cut.
2. Ensure sufficiently high polymer injections ra!e can be
mamtamed without plugging [he formation.
3. Determine polymer degradation and adsorptions at reservoir
conditions.
4. Determine operating procedures
The most probabIe 00IP calculated for pilot area is 280000 m3
from which 215000 rril belongs to Layer 5 and 65000 m3 to
Layer 4, The pilot itself consists of 4 injecting wells and 4
producing ones which form two arrangements, one duect five
spot and other inverted one. Also, injection could affect 8
producing wells which circumscribe the pilot (Figure 5),
Even though direct arrangement aflows [o expect a quick
response, an invert one was also implemented to gather the
elements to decide, after a technical economic anafysis, which
one is the pilot project most suitable expansion.
Once the pilot was selected, a simulation was made in order to
obtain the forecast of the polymerflood and the incremental oil
recovery over the waterflood, To make the waterflood forecas[
it was taken into account the drilling of the new injector well
RCO-408, the conversion of well RCO-230 from productive to
injector and the rejection in the four wells of the project in
Layers 4 & 5 only closing the other reservoirs. Tbe incremental
oil recovery obtained by the simulation was 20000 m3 (7% of
OOIP), This increment was obtained injecting a slug of 30% of
the pilot pore volume with a polymer concentration of 500 ppm,
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afterwards corttinumg with water inject~on, Figure 14 shows
both foreczms.
to order to effectively implement the pilot project in the field it
was necessq to adapt all the wells which were subject to il. As
it was previously mentioned, a new injector well was drilled
extracting a core to make additional tests with the polymer. This
well is the central one of inverted five spot. Then, an injector
well was redrilied as consequence of mechanical problems,
Another one was repaired cementing the upper reservoim
(Layers 1 & 3), finally a production well was converted to
injector.
In all of these wells the reservoirs layers 4 & 5 were perforated
at high density (20 shotslm) to reduce shear effect. The wells
were equipped with FG tubing and packers coated with epoxy,
tending to reduce polymer-steel contact to the minimum. Both
reservoirs remained m global injection.
Regarding producing wells. all those belonging 10 the pilot were
repaired leaving the to[af of them able to produce.
The pilot wIII start with waterflood during 1 month in order to
make pressure testing aflowing to determine basic conditions to
be compared afterwards w]th polymer injection. The other stage
is the polymer injection at a concentration of 250 ppm during
15 days, watching panicularly whether reservoirs plugging
occurs or not. Finafly, polymer concentration will be increased
to 500 ppm mjeeting maximum allowed rate without inducing
reservoir fractures. Preliminary estimation of the total injection
rate was of 250 m3/day
PROJECT MONITORING
For monitoring this project a prelirrunary programme was
designed. A radioactive tracer of 4m Curie of [rited water will
be injected in the front part of the polymer slug in each one of
[he four injector wells. It is meant to determine the amival of
the front of the slug even though polymer does not arrive. In
addition, surface samples from the injector wells will be taken
to determine polymer concentration by means of screen-factor,
bacteriological level, iron and oxygen contents will be
monitored, elements all of them which originate pdyrner
degradation.
In producing wells, a detwled study of the extraction conditions
(ilquid rate, dynamic levels, water percentage and safinity) will
be carried on. Samples will be taken to measure water
radioactivity in order to detect tracer arrival. Polymer
concentration control will also be made in the production fluid.
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FACtLI1LES
The polymer injection plant has two basic circuits. A high
pressure one through which water to be injected circulates and
another low pressure one through which polymer at a high
concentration is pumped. Both circuits join at a point producing
the futal solution which is pumped through a main pipe towards
the wells, near them the pipe is branched off to each one.
The water to be injected is captured from the Water Treatment
Plant, filtrated by bags of 5 and 2 y and stored in a tank. Its
pressure is elevated by a centrifugal (FiTP-type) pump. A part is
used for preparing and hydratating the polymer and the rest is
injected in the pilot.
Regarding polymer circuit, the first step is to prehydrate
product in powder condition in a speciaf equipment which
secures a close contact to avoid fish eyes, then pumping it to a
dilution tank where the volume of water is adjusted to obtain
the desired concentration. A mixing equipment fixed in this
tank will assure a proper quafity solution. This one is
[transferred 10 a storage tank by means of screw pumps which
produce low shear effect, passing through a metallic mesh filter
which retain fish eyes, The concemrated solution is taken from
this tank by triplex pumps and injected in the water flow at high
pressure producing the desired concentration. All these
operations are perform automatically. In figure 14 a flwoshee[
of the plaut is shown.
The high pressure elements are made of epoxy fiberglass and
the low pressure ones are made of plastic fiberglass.
Oxygen incoming in mnks will be avoided inertazing them with
natural gas, using afso an oxygen kidnapper. Gltttaraldehide
will be dosage as an biocide.
CONCLUSIONS
Rsi = solution gas-oil initial ratio
mD = rrtilidarcy
P = microns
EFG = epoxi fiber glass
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors wish to thank Cia. Naviera Perez Companc for
permission to present this paper. They afso wish 10 thank the
many employees who contributed to this paper.
REFERENCES
1.- Lasalle,D.; Soto, J.: Description geo16gica de! Yac. Catriel
Oeste. Estudio de Reservas, 1992, internal study Catrie[ Oeste
Field.
2.-Facies Models Walker R., Deparment of Geology, McMaster
University, Ontario, Canada. 1989.
3.-Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy in Well logs, cores and
outcrops. Wagoner J. C., Mitchum R. M., 1992.
4.- Sabas, R. and others: Informe Situation Actual Yac.
Catriel Oeste, 1993, in[emal study Ca[riel Oeste Field.
5.- Lasalle, D.: Evaluation Geologica para la ubicaclon de
MalkM Piloto en c1 Proyecto de Recuperation Asisuda.
mediante hryeccion de Polimeros, 1992, internal study Calriel
Oeste Field.
6.- Lasalle,D.; Soto, J.: Evaluation de his mallas 4 y 82 para
piloto de recuperation asistida. (capas 4 y 5 ),1992, internal
study Catricl Oeste Field
7.- Gagliano, A.; Mendoza, E.: Simulation Numerics Proycc[o
Piloto Recuperaci6n Asistida, Enc 1993, internal sludy Catriel
Oeste Field,

1. A polymerflood is feasible in Catriel Oeste Field. S1 Metric Conversion Factors

2, Reservoir Layer 5 is the main objective of the pilot. km x 6,21371 E-01 = mile
ha x 2.47104 E+OO = acre
3. Reducing the mobility ratio due to polymer injection will m X 3.28084 E+OO = fr
produce an increased recovery of 7 % of OOIP. m3 X 6.28981 E+OO = bbl
kPa x 1.45038 E 41 = psi
4. This increased recovery is obtained injecting a polymer plug kg X 2.20462 E+OO = lb
of 30% pore volume at a concentration of 500 ppm. gr/lt x 1.00000 E+03 = ppm

NOMENCLATURE

mbd = meters below sea level

OOIP = original oil in place
Boi = volume oil initial factor

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 DISSOLVEQ~O~lD&( pQrn) DISSOLVED G&%&(PJ_III

Sodium 13225 Oxygen 002

Calcium 1198 Carbon Dioxtde 53
Magnesium 574 Hybrogen Sulflde 3
Total Iron 18
Chlorlde 23503
Sulfa!e 203
Bicarbonate 854

OBSERVAJTO.NS OTHER_P~OPERtUIES

EacIerm (BSR/ml) 100 ph 6,75

TDS (ppm) 41GC0 Total Hardness (ppm) 534a
011 m waler (ppm) < 10 Total Alkalmlty 1700

Table 1- CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PWDUCTION WATER

GE NEIIAL FEATURES OF LAYER 5

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LITHOLOGY I THICKNESS/ FACIES OK ~ GRAIN

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AMA. GAMA7EC BOOES (MARGINAL) 632 2 ES
0ECJ3EA5hG UPW?JID POR05 W ?+<: PAY 00997 ) 2E?
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SANDSTONE s 207 303 263
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258 ANGLLOUS CX.JAAT2CRISTALS 6m 62 494 258
WGILIT ZED FELOS?ARS, CALCITIC. (INTERMEDIATE) ~ 224 3G7 I 256
CEMENT FKT PAY 26 221( 258
AMALGAMATED BODE S 90 103, 261 ,
OECIWJISING UTWAJC POROSITY
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I SAkDSTOhE i7~!MB 980 265

730 ! 266
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DECREASING uPWAJW POROS(l% N[TPAv ; 133 154; 275
I EXCELENT 169 105; 264
2,30 m QUAUW OF

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GRoSS PAY
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4rn 74 0704 266
?57 OOLITIC TO SKELETAL (3? AINSTONE 154 064 262
I SUBSPARITX2 LOW POROSITY Em OUAUTY 14 00318 267
NET PAY OF 186 231 268
RESERVOIR 65 D (X357 262
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GROSS PAY
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INTER13EOOING OF 00 LITIC 4m 93 902m ? 69

!5s3 GRAINSTONE, AS DESCFIBED RM 103 14 2 5!r

ABCWE, WITH FINE TO MEDIUM 119 0943 266
SAkK3STONE; CALCITIC CEF&NT NET PAY nN3 OUAUTY 121 200 261
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59 VERY FINE, WELL SOR7E0 !68 54 (3 ? 78
rTEGuLAn 115 267
SANDSTONE, CA.CITTCCEA4CNT I 058
QUALJTY Of , 187 ?06 262
n~wwoin t4 104 264

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Oil Production 10 the I m3xlo3 445 439 53 259

Mglnnlng of the Watenlood I
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tital Oil Production m3 x103 Iw 1838 534
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beginning of the W.6Wllood
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Total Inpction m3 x103 10552 987 -1684 / 524 398
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Table N 4 COMPARISON BETWEEN HELD OATA AND SIMULATOR VALUES

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