Where simple is never simple, operators aim for simplicity in deepwater, deep-well completions

摘要

APPLYING COMPLETION tech-nology to a well Tor optimal production is never simple, even if the plan calls for only "basic" temperature and/or pressure sensors. Designing and installing a completion system requires an enormous amount of planning to account for a seemingly infinite number of variables, even when developing a field with multiple similar wells. Most multi-well fields are similarly completed. However, even in the same field, various subsurface features such as faults, dips and multiple reservoirs can mean that some wells require different completion systems for optimal life and production.