What is an Oilwell?

Your idea.
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Where to drill?

?
?

?
?
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Finding Oil - SEISMIC

Seismic model

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From seismic to drilling

Oil company (&
government) own the
raw seismic data

Government
offers blocks
to oil company

Oil company studies

the prospect. Calls
for seismic.

Seismic company
shoots seismic
survey

The whole cycle can take 3-10 years..

Oil company
evaluates the result

Seismic company
process seismic data

Oil company
calls for bids to
drill well

- YES, production

Oil company (&

government) own
the final seismic
data

- NO: redo,
relinquish, farm out?
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Drilling
exploration
well

Oil company studies

the final seismic data
for drilling decision

BUILDING an OILWELL

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Drilling Rig

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How an Oilwell Looks Like

Conductor casing
36in,
30in, 24 in,..
piled in
Preventing cave-in

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hydrocarbon

Drilling fluid (MUD)

1) Cleaning up
cuttings
Mud system

2) Lubricating drill bit

3) Well control
Formation does exert pressure!
What can happen when it is not
controlled?
Hydrostatic pressure, formula:

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hydrocarbon

Surface casing

20in, 13 3/8in,
Protecting fresh water
zone

Cementing (Well
Services)

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hydrocarbon

Drilling &
Measurement
Intermediate casing

9 5/8 in, 7in,

Sealing off trouble zones

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hydrocarbon

Wireline

Basic measurements:
- Gamma ray
- Caliper
- Neutron
- Resistivity
- Sonic

Production casing
7in, 41/2in
Production!
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hydrocarbon

TESTING

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Will it flow? For how

long? What is the
pressure?

What hydrocarbon?
What quality?

Is it economical?

hydrocarbon

Completion
Completing the
well to produce
Monitor &
control the well
production
during its life

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hydrocarbon

Artificial Lift

Reservoir pressures do not sustain

acceptable flow rates or incapable of
producing fluid flow at all.

When water cut increases and/or the

Reservoir Pressure declines over time.

Artificial Lift Application

500

Flow Rate
1,000

BBl /day
10,000

Beam Pump
PCP

Jet (Hydraulic)
Gas Lift
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Good to Excellent

Fair to Good

Poor, not Recommended

What can happen during production?

Remember that driling phase vs production
phase is 1-3 months vs 20-50 years!
Casing
corrosion

Sand
production

water production

Oil

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Reservoir
depletion..

Cement bond
deterioration

SCALE

STIMULATION (WS)

COILED TUBING (WS)

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Cleaning up scales with

chemicals (eg. acids)
Controlling sand production
Bypassing damage with
FRACTURING

Cased hole services (WL)

Analysis behind casing
Production logging
CBL / USIT / Isolation scanner

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From the birth through the lifetime of the well..

SIS: various softwares to optimize well performance

From geology to geophysics, petrophysics, borehole geology, mapping,
modeling and visualization, drilling, economic planning,

DCS: expert interpretation and engineering services

throughout the E&P cycle, from exploration to asset divestiture

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In the field, what you imagine vs what you might see:

Road to work

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In the field, what you imagine vs what you might see:

The Rig
Not shown in picture:
temperature 49 C

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In the field, what you imagine vs what you might see:

The Activities

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