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119 comments on Jeremy Gilbert's Comments on TOD Saudi Analysis

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Fractional_Flow on April 13, 2007 - 9:38am

Garyp-

Where I come from we don't have no valve that can turn off the oil and keep the water a comin.

FF

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Fractional_Flow on April 13, 2007 - 9:39am

but mother nature has a valve that does the opposite.

FF

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garyp on April 13, 2007 - 9:49am

Yes, but at least in fig 1 the blue line is the water cut %age. Turn down the flow from a few typical wells and you would expect the %age to stay that same (assuming you can turn down the flow, I expect that's the case).

Just playing devils advocate, it is very similar to the time when oil prices went into a downward spiral...

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TJ on April 13, 2007 - 11:04am

If you're turning off high water cut wells to rest them, the water should come down too, right?

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