Shutting off water, smartly - An intelligent well system (IWS) provides a flexible, interventionkss, water shut-off solution offshore Eastern Canada

摘要

The widening acceptance of intelligent well technology beyond initial applications in traditional areas such as the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, etc. is illustrated by the first intelligent well to be installed off the east coast of Canada. The well was installed by Baker Oil Tools last spring in a gas-producing field 180 miles (290 km) off the coast of Nova Scotia, with water and reservoir depths of approximately 80 ft (25 m) and 14,500 ft (4,420 m), respectively. The well was drilled and completed from a jackup-type rig and is being produced from a fixed, unmanned platform.