Development and Implementation of a Scale-Management Strategy for Oseberg Soslash;r

摘要

Oseberg S0r field, operated by Hydro Oil Energy, is situated 130 km west of the Norwegian coast on the eastern flank of the Viking Graben structure. It comprises a sequence of fault-bounded structural units of varying geological complexity. Within these units, the reservoir intervals are of moderate to poor quality and can exhibit strong contrasts in permeability and formation water composition. Reservoir support is provided by combined injection of gas and Utsira aquifer water. The wells are a combination of platform and subsea and comprise extended reach horizontals with complex geometry and lesser numbers of vertical wells. Detailed scale predictions have been performed to identify the scaling risk for each producer. From these, it was identified that the major risk to well performance and integrity was CaCO_3 precipitation in the upper tubing with potential failure of the down-hole safety valve. The risk varied from negligible to severe and reflected the variable composition of the produced water and well operating conditions. The scale predictions provided the basis for a technical and economic evaluation to identify an appropriate scale-management strategy for Oseberg S0r. For those wells completed with downhole chemical injection lines, the option to use these for scale inhibition was considered cost effective. In other wells where this option was not available, scale inhibitor injection into the gas lift system or squeezing using a viscosified treatment was considered viable. The paper will provide the technical and economic reasoning for the scale-management strategy selected along with field case histories for each treatment type (i.e., experience with treatment using chemical injection lines, injection of scale inhibitor into the gas lift system, and squeezing).