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44 comments on From the old to the newer, or a thought for Khurais and its companions

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plucky underdog on August 30, 2006 - 10:52pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
If production collapsed after several months (and I'd need more details - well numbers and full production profile basically - for a full professional opinion) then water or gas injection alone won't make any difference. Sounds like a low-permeability reservoir with a few sweet spots that tempted them into keeping on drilling even after several failures.

If they're investing serious $ in pressure support (water or gas injection) they must think they've got the well productivity end cracked. Maybe complex bottle-brush wells to spread each well's pressure sink across a square kilometre or so rather than hundreds of square metres.

Still an expensive and risky project. If they make it work, no doubt there will be a trickle of technical papers over the next few years.

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plucky underdog on August 30, 2006 - 10:56pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
OK, read the parent in full (good post Ron). Massive hydraulic fraccing would be another approach to fix the productivity index problem but might not be enough by itself.
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plucky underdog on August 30, 2006 - 10:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Argh - HO not Ron. Admin - pls delete any or all of above. Sorry - hard day with my own particular low-permeability reservoir.
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