Title: Techniques of Controlling Water Coning in Oil Reservoirs
Abstract: Water coning in oil reservoirs pose serious hindrance to optimizing oil production as unwanted fluids tend to replace the oil in the production stream, which invariably limits the ultimate oil recovery. The coning of water into production wells is caused by pressure gradients established around the wellbore by the production of fluids from the well. These pressure gradients can raise the water-oil contact near the well where the gradients are dominant. Many methods have been published for evaluating and combating coning tendencies in the wellbore, yet water coning are still a major issue in many oil fields all over the world. This article examines the various approaches of controlling coning of unwanted fluid in the wellbore thereby optimizing oil production from the reservoir.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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