2013 california sand control brochure

Injectors with sand control completions have challenges with sustaining injectivity, preventing

injector failures, and keeping injection in zone. Numerous and different water injectors with sand

control have been installed, and are injecting in many high rate projects around the globe. The

main purpose of this workshop is to review field performances of different sand control injectors,

share the latest injector completion, monitoring, and surveillance operational best practices, and

discuss the mechanics of containing injection fluids in zone.

Who should attend?• Production and Completion Engineers

• Operation and Production Personnel

• Reservoir Engineers

• Petrophysicists

• Geomechanical Engineers

• Academia

Performance and Design of Water Injector Wells Requiring Sand Control

Chairpersons George Wong

Shell

Dave Norman Chevron

Bill Begnaud BHP Billiton

Bob Burton ConocoPhillips

Tim Ellison ExxonMobil

Alison Foo Halliburton

Mario Germino Petrobras

Herbert Lescanne Total

Rodrigo Murillo BP

Mehmet Parlar Schlumberger

Mukul Sharma University of Texas

Erik Wennberg Statoil

Committee Members

WORKSHOP10-12 September 2013 | Bahia Resort Hotel | San Diego, CA, USA

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Early Registration Deadline 9 August 2013

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Sponsorships help offset the cost of producing workshops and allow SPE to keep the workshop fee as low as possible for the target audience.

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printed materials• Onsite signage

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• Attendee giveaways with com-pany logo

• Half-page, full-color ad in work-shop technical program

• 1–2 complimentary workshop registrations

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Early Registration Deadline – 9 August 2013Performance and Design of Water Injector Wells Requiring Sand Control

Schedule at a Glance:

Monday, 9 September 1730-1900 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 10 September0700-0800 Registration

Continental Breakfast

0800-0830 Chairpersons’ Welcome

0830-1000 Session I: Water Injector Performance Results – Gulf of Mexico

1000-1030 Coffee Break

1030-1200 Session II: Water Injector Performance Results – Africa

1200-1330 Lunch

1330-1500 Session III: Water Injection Projects for Other Areas of the World


1530-1700 Session IV: Water Injection Containment Design and Assessment

1800-1930 Reception

Wednesday, 11 September0700-0800 Continental Breakfast

0800-0930 Session V: Water Injector Sand Control Design Needs


1000-1130 Session VI: Produced Water Reinjection

1130-1300 Lunch

1300-1430 Session VII: Restoration of Injectivity


1500-1630 Session VIII: What is New in the Marketplace?

Thursday, 12 September 0700-0800 Continental Breakfast

0800-0930 Session IX: Water Injectivity Monitoring Panel


1000-1130 Session X: Wrap Up

Monday, 9 September 1730-1900 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 10 September0700-0800 Registration

Continental Breakfast

0800-0830 Chairpersons’ Welcome George Wong, Shell and Dave Norman, Chevron

0830-1000 Session I: Water Injector Performance Results – Gulf of Mexico Chairs: Bill Begnaud, BHP Billiton

Rodrigo Murillo, BP

Successful water injection is fundamental to the success of many of the development projects in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Issues with deepwater Gulf of Mexico water injection wells involving rapid injectivity decline, out of zone injection, and limited longevity have plagued many of these developments. The root cause(s) may not be fully understood. The various sandface designs, plugging scenarios, failure aspects, operational practices, performance analyses, potential downside mitigations, and other related topics will be addressed in this session. Views on how to approach these challenges will be sought in this group discussion.


1030-1200 Session II: Water Injector Performance Results – Africa Chairs: Tim Ellison, ExxonMobil

Dave Norman, Chevron

Most of the new fields in West Africa are developed in deep water weak sands, and their ultimate recovery often relies on voidage replacement through water injection. This session will discuss the challenges related to long-term injection performance in typical West Africa reservoirs with a high cost/high stakes environment.

1200-1330 Lunch Sponsored by:

1330-1500 Session III: Water Injection Projects for Other Areas of the World Chairs: Bob Burton, ConocoPhillips

Mario Germino, Petrobras

Water injection projects and injection well design issues faced in projects outside the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa will be discussed. This session will review the use of open hole gravel packs versus stand-alone screens and matrix bypass events, as well as other injection issues.


Workshop Format

Workshops maximize the exchange of ideas among attendees and presenters through brief technical presentations followed by extend-ed Q&A periods. Focused topics attract an informed audience eager to discuss issues critical to advancing both technology and best practices.

Many of the presentations are in the form of case studies, highlight-ing engineering achievements and lessons learned. In order to stimu-late frank discussion, no proceed-ings are published and members of the press are not invited to attend.

Documentation

Following the workshop, a URL containing released copies of the workshop presentations will be available to attendees.

Commercialism

In remaining consistent with work-shop objectives and SPE guidelines, commercialism in presentations will not be permitted. Company logos should be used only to indicate the affiliation of the presenter(s).

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Attendees will receive 2.0 CEUs.

One CEU equals 10 contact hours of participation. CEUs will be awarded through SPE Professional Develop-ment for participation and comple-tion of SPE workshop. A permanent record of a participant’s involvement and awarding of CEUs will be main-tained by SPE.

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1530-1700 Session IV: Water Injection Containment Design and Assessment Chairs: Bob Burton, ConocoPhillips

Dave Norman, Chevron

Loss of injection fluid containment through inadequate wellbore integrity or loss of the cap rock seal is a major risk for water injection projects worldwide. Design guidelines and regulatory requirements are evolving. A number of key uncertainties exist:

• How do we assess well integrity risk?• How do we assess caprock integrity risks?• What data do we need to collect to adequately assess risk?• How can we reliably evaluate geotechnical data prior to project start-up?

This session will discuss how different operators evaluate injection integrity risk and determine safe operating limits on bottomhole injection pressure (BHIP) to prevent out of zone injection and loss of containment.

1800-1930 Reception

Wednesday, 11 September0700-0800 Continental Breakfast

0800-0930 Session V: Water Injector Sand Control Design Needs Chairs: Rodrigo Murillo, BP

Mehmet Parlar, Schlumberger

This session consists of presentations from operators discussing sand control design challenges in water injectors and potential solutions that are ready to be implemented.


1000-1130 Session VI: Produced Water Reinjection Chairs: Herbert Lescanne, Total

Mukul Sharma, University of Texas

Due to the current evolution of environmental regulations and operator company rules, the percentage of produced water that is re-injected in the reservoir or injected in disposal wells is increasing and will continue to do so in the coming years. The type of injected fluid (i.e. produced water versus treated sea water, surface water or aquifer water) may impact how the injector completions are designed, how the injector wells are operated, and how they perform in terms of injectivity and flow conformance. These impacts will be presented and discussed during the session.

1130-1300 Lunch Sponsored by:

1300-1430 Session VII: Restoration of Injectivity Chairs: Tim Ellison, ExxonMobil

Erik Wennberg, Statoil

Declining injectivity during the injector life is a common problem. The problem is difficult for completions in weak sands, and is occurring with increasing frequency that can lead to failure of the well. Injection problem mitigation may range from simple changes in operating strategy to costly procedures such as side-tracking or a complete re-drill. The session will include case study examples that exhibit declining injectivity, discuss the postulated mechanisms of that decline, and present the solutions that have been implemented to address that decline.



1500-1630 Session VIII: What is New in the Marketplace? Chairpersons: Alison Foo, Halliburton

Mehmet Parlar, Schlumberger

This session contains presentations from service companies discussing new products and services that they are ready to introduce to the marketplace.

Thursday, 12 September 0700-0800 Continental Breakfast

0800-0930 Session IX: Water Injectivity Monitoring Panel Chairs: Alison Foo, Halliburton

Herbert Lescanne, Total

Monitoring of water injectors is important for predicting their future performance, diagnosing possible anomalies in their behavior, and planning the necessary remedial operations such as well interventions, workovers, or additional wells. This session will cover not only the technologies involved in monitoring injectivity and conformance of water injectors but also the interpretation of the obtained data and its impact on decision making. These technologies include flow metering, down-hole pressure gauges, distributed temperature sensing, and real time surveillance.

This session will be in a panel discussion format.


1000-1130 Session X: Wrap Up Chairs: Dave Norman, Chevron

George Wong, Shell


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