CASE STUDY
Rigless Well Intervention Helps Increase
CHALLENGE
» Mature field with heavy/viscous oil
» Offshore with logistic constraints
» History of challenging well
environments due to heavy oil,
scale, deviation, and sour fluids
have led to workover objectives not
being met in the past for the field
SOLUTION
» Halliburton recommended using the
e-SPECTRUMSM unit to perform all
services (cleanout, treatment, and
logging)
» Downhole tension (HTU) was run
in all the production logging runs
to avoid slacking off and losing/
damaging tools downhole
» Real-time data integration by the
Halliburton Technical Support team
to assure data quality, while closely
collaborating with operator on
decision making
RESULT
» Successfully performed more than
30 well intervention runs, including
Reservoir Monitor Tool (RMT™)
and production logging tool (PLT)
surveillance
» Reduced operational cost by 34%
» Increased oil production by 30% of
the original BOPD
Oil Production by 30% in Sour, Heavy Oil,
and Highly Deviated Wells
RIGLESS SOLUTION USING e-SPECTRUMSM COILED TUBING FOR
RESERVOIR MONITORING REDUCED OPERATIONAL COST BY 34%
EGYPT – RED SEA
OVERVIEW
The GS327 oil field is located in the southeastern El-Morgan field, Gulf of Suez (GOS).
Almost all area wells are drilled with a high deviation or horizontally. Field production uses
artificial lift via a gas lift system.
The field has an extended history of unsuccessful intervention operations, although the
production logging and pulsed-neutron data were found to be precisely processed to
identify zonal phase contribution, water source, and current saturation profiling, respectively,
in order to maximize the oilfield production.
CHALLENGE
The major challenge in GS327 wells is the viscous/
heavy oil accompanied by scale accumulation along
the wellbore. Previous well interventions using
electric line and slickline all failed to achieve the
job objectives.
Another challenge was the requirement of a single
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coiled-tubing unit for well intervention on an offshore
operation, with limited deck space for scale cleanout, Real-time coiled-tubing production
reservoir surveillance, and perforating. logging tool.
SOLUTION
Halliburton proposed using e-SPECTRUMSM real-time
electric coiled-tubing service for the well intervention
scale cleanout, surveillance, and perforating work.
Through intensive operational planning, Halliburton ran
several modeling assessments to assure the proper
job planning for deployment, simulating the shock-
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wave effect on the coiled-tubing string, choosing
the proper tool selection and downhole tension, and
Coiled-tubing perforation with real-time
reaching the target depth safely. All production logs correlation.
would have downhole tension (HTU) run to prevent
slacking off and losing/damaging tools downhole.
To ensure data quality, real-time data integration would be handled by a Halliburton Technical
Support team to aid in swift decision making and collaboration with the customer.
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RESULTS
More than 30 runs were successfully performed, including cleanouts, along with Reservoir Monitor
Tool (RMT™) and production logging tool (PLT) surveillance work deployed using a single coiled-
tubing reel on several wells. The total-added oil production value along the campaign was found to
add 30% to the GS327 field’s original produced oil per day (BOPD).
By optimizing the runs and deployment, the project was a commercial
success and completed for 34% less than the originally planned cost.
Rigless Well
Intervention
Increase Oil
Production
by 30%
of original
BOPD

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