CASE HISTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL TIME MONITORING AND EARLY ALERT SYSTEMS TO

OPTIMIZE EFFICIENCY, COSTS AND PRODUCTION

SUCCESFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMART WATER CUT MONITORING SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM TO MONITOR

RESERVOIR PARAMETERS IN REAL TIME BETWEEN ECOPETROL AND JPT

JPT- Juan Torne, Luz Adriana Plazas, Fabio Bahos, Carlos Andrade.ICP- Álvaro Prada, Andrés Mantilla, Raúl Triana, Jorge Prada, Gerson Pérez, Ruth Páez, German Castillo, Zaida León, Martin Sandoval

Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo

Summary

• Introduction.

• Technology development in Colombia.

• Smart water cut monitor, pressure and temperature

(SWC).

• Smart water quality monitoring device (ECO-SWQ).

• System to monitor reservoir parameters in real time

(PTD).

• Future developments: Real Time multiphase surface

meter and Real Time permanent PLT.

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure” - E. Deming

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”- Lord Kelvin.

Introduction

"In God we trust, all others must bring

data."- E. Deming

Introduction“The digital oilfield future starts with real time measurements”

COST EFICIENCE

Real-Time Monitoring

RELIABILITYAFFORDABLE

LOCAL SUPPORT LOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL STAFF

SUCCESFUL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN ECOPETROL AND JPT

S WC – P T D – S WQ

Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo

Technology development in

ColombiaEcopetrol had the strategic decision through ICP (Instituto Colombiano del

Petróleo) to develop technology in partnership with local companies oriented

to practical and applied technology development for the needs in Colombia

with international standards.

Smart water cut monitor, pressure and

temperature (SWC).

Hybrid:

• Resistive

• Capacitive

INFORMATION DISPLAY

: Permanent variation of water cut

Smart water cut monitor, pressure and

temperature (SWC).

STRATEGY: water cut meters in-line and

permanent

Each well of high

potentialGroups of lower

potential wells

Smart water cut monitor, pressure and

temperature (SWC).

Correlation with lab test:

Smart water cut monitor, pressure and

temperature (SWC).

Technology

made in

Colombia.

Applications:

• Well heads and Well test Monitoring.

• Monitoring production fields.

• Oil skimming.

• Desalter optimization.

• 3-phase separator performance.

Smart water cut monitor, pressure and

temperature (SWC).

Ecopetrol President's visit to ICP -Exposure of the first prototypes developed

Smart water quality monitoring device

(ECO-SWQ).

Water quality permanent monitoring to

reduce reaction time to an eventuality:

• Temperature

• Oils (mg-L)

• Total suspended solids (mg-L)

• Turbidity (NTU)

• PH

Smart water quality monitoring device

(ECO-SWQ).

Technology

made in

Colombia.

STRATEGY: Permanent water quality meters in

Dumping

ASA

Water treatment pools

Benefits:

• Water quality online monitoring.

• Better reaction Time to water quality

situations.

• Tranquility in the operation

of the field.

• Compliance with

environmental regulations.

System to monitor reservoir

parameters in real time (PTD).

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Deviation

• Real Time

• Permanent

: Get injectivity records from P-T monitoring

System to monitor reservoir

parameters in real time (PTD).

Tests on water wells.

STRATEGY: Permanent PTD to monitor reservoir

Injector wells Production wells

System to monitor reservoir

parameters in real time (PTD).

Technology

made in

Colombia.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Real Time Multiphase Surface Meter And Real Time

Permanent PLT

Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo

Real Time Multiphase Surface

Meter

In-Line

Permanent

Real Time Monitoring

Identification:

• Percentage of each phase

• Speed of each phases

Phase identification:

• Oil

• Gas

• Water

Speed of phases:

• Oil

• Gas

• WaterReal-

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Real Time Permanent PLT

• Permanent

• Real Time Monitoring

• Production Logging Tool

Patents

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