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Artificial
Artificial Lift
Lift in
in Mature
Mature Fields
Fields
Case Study of the
Golfo
Golfo San
San Jorge
Jorge Basin
Basin
Argentina
Argentina
By
By Marcelo
Marcelo Hirschfeldt
Hirschfeldt
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& Training
Training
Patagonia
Patagonia Argentina
Argentina
Outline
Argentina Regional context
- Oil & gas production history and distribution
Golfo San Jorge Basin (GSJB) Introduction
- Reservoir characteristics
- Oil & water production trends
GSJB - Artificial Lift Systems
- Sucker rod / PCPump / ESPump & others
- Artificial lift evolution Typical example
Lifting cost consideration & evolution
Conclusions
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South
America
Buenos Aires
NorthNorth-West
300
42.8
%
250
Cuyana
43.4
%
200
Neuquina
150
100
G. San Jorge
50
2.2 % 6 %
5.8 %
Austral
Austral
Noroeste
1.7 %
0.3 %
Cuyana
5%
Golfo San
Jorge
Neuquina
30 %
63 %
800
600
3,0
9,070 MM BO
400
2,0
200
1,0
0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
Gas - MM cfpd
Oil - M bopd
2020
6,000
1,200
5,000
1,000
4,000
800
3,000
600
2,000
400
1,000
200
2000
2001
2002
2003
Oil - M bopd
Water - M bpd
2004 2005
Natural
flowing
Gas lift
Plunger lift
10 %
1%
0.8 %
1.9 %
176
141
1,824
351
ESP
15.3 %
2,787
SRP
70.9 %
12,901
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Atlantic Ocean
Comodoro
Rivadavia
General Information
Area [M Acre]:
28,000
Oil [bpd]:
281,500
Gas [MM cfpd]:
447
* Water [M bpd]:
2,686
Water %:
90
Active oil wells:
11,467
24.5 bopd / well
API (Type Escalante)
24
* All the water is injected
Drilling :
Wokovers:
30
65
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145 miles
94 miles
Sarmiento
Comodoro
Rivadavia
Caleta
Olivia
Las Heras
Caadn
Seco
Pico
Truncado
Cities
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Sarmiento
Comodoro
Rivadavia
Caleta
Olivia
Caadn
Seco
Las Heras
Pico
Truncado
Cities
Reservoir rocks
Sandstones
Multi layers (lens)
Since 30 Individual Reservoir in some
wells
Traps
Tilted horst blocks, faulted anticlines,
combination structural/stratigraphic
Stratigraphic pinchouts
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North
West
East
North
3,000 ft
10,000 ft
65 miles
500
450
2,500
400
2,000
350
300
1,500
250
200
1,000
150
Oil - M bopd
Water - M bpd
3,000
100
500
Water
1999
2000
2001
Oil
2002
2003
50
2004
2005
20%
10%
0%
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Water % evolution
100%
98%
96%
Water - %
94%
92%
90%
88%
86%
84%
82%
80%
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Number of wells
11,000
192 %
10,000
135 % Grows in
the last 5
years
9,000
17 %
8,000
Beam
Pumping
S.Rod
pumping
7,000
2000
2001
2002
2003
ESP
PCP
2004
2005
ROTAFLEX
Surface
MII-1824-427-216
TENARIS-Siderca
400 bfpd
Pump depth - ft
10,000
0.4 1.2
8,000
6,000
5,400 ft
4,000
2,000
0
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Flowrate
- bfpd
fl
b d
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1,800
Flowrate - bfpd
1,600
Numb of wells :
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
8,989
400
600
400
200
0
depth-- ft
Pump depth
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
0
Number of wells
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TENARIS-Siderca
770 bfpd
7,000
Pump depth - ft
6,000
1.0 - 1.4
5,000
4,000 ft
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
Flowrate - bfpd
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Flowrate - bfpd
2,000
Summary
Num of wells :
1,500
1,000
1,313
770
1.0 -1.4
Pump depht - ft
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
0
200
400
600
800
1,000 1,200
Number of wells
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Switchboards
Variable Speed Drive (VSD)
Downhole
= =
= =
- Recirculation systems
1,300 bfpd
Pulling Job /well / year:
Pump depth - ft
10.000
0.4 0.6
8.000
6,500 ft
6.000
4.000
2.000
0
0
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
Flowrate - bfpd
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Flowrate - bfpd
4,000
Summary
Num of wells :
3,000
2,000
1,300
6,500
1,000
1,313
0.4 - 0.6
Pump depth - ft
0
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
Number of wells
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Plunger Lift
ESP
PCP
SRP
11.000
Pump depth - ft
10.000
9.000
8.000
7.000
6.000
5.000
4.000
3.000
2.000
1.000
0
0
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
4.000
Flowrate - bfpd
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Primary
One year
bpd
1000
Water injection
Oil + water
Oil
100
10
Declination
1
ESP
SRP
First stage
Second stage
Lifting Cost
Energy (15-30 %)
(15-25 %)
Self generated
Type of contracts
Rental or bought
Operative model
Gas (owned or
bought)
ALS efficiency
Flow rate x depth
(HHP)
Energy distribution
80 % for production
20 % Water injection
Others
Fluid treatment
Personnel
Others
Sub-surface
maintenance (25-35 %)
Failure index
Leas or contract for
artificial lift supply
Conclusions
What is our challenge ?
To increase the productive basin life
How to achieve it ?
Waterflooding project (improving recovery factor)
Deepest reservoirs
Exploration
Off shore development
To continue improving our artificial lift experience
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Contact information
Marcelo Hirschfeldt
OilProduction Consulting & Training
Patagonia Argentina
www.oilproduction.net
Info@oilproduction.net