JPT

Vol. 59 No. 8

August 2007

Intelligent Fields Technology

Maximizing Production Capacity With Intelligent-Well Systems in a Deepwater West Africa Field

Large, deepwater fields with a limited number of wells may require intelligent-well systems to maximize production capacity under facility constraints. Agbami field, a highly dipping reservoir with many producing zones and few wells, will use intelligent-well systems consisting of interval-control valves (ICVs) and many sensors to monitor, analyze, and control (MAC) injection and production at the zonal level.

View a Synopsis of SPE 103308 as published in JPT.

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 103308, “Maximizing Production Capacity Using Intelligent-Well Systems in a Deepwater, West Africa Field,” by D.J. Goggin, M.A. Ovuede, N. Liu, SPE, U. Ozdogan, SPE, P.B. Coleman, SPE, and D.P. Meinert, SPE, Chevron; I. Nygard, Statoil; and J. Gontijo, Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria, prepared for the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 24–27 September.

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