First successful offshore installation of permanent in-well optical seismic system

摘要

The first ever successful offshore installation of a permanent in-well optical seismic system has been made in BP Norway's G-24 injector well in the Valhall field by Weatherford International Ltd. This is the result of a two-year collaboration on advanced completion technology between BP Norway and Weatherford to design and manufacture a system suitable for deployment in an injection or production well. The equipment was installed in March 2006. It consists of five three-component optical accelerometer stations and an optical pressure/temperature gauge deployed with the production tubing near the reservoir.