Shallow Perforation Shut-Off with a New Gel-Cement System

C23 SHALLOW PERFORATION SHUT-OFF WITH A NEW GEL-CEMENT SYTEM Abstract 1 Jip van Eijden* and Fred Arkesteijn Shell International Exploration and Production Diederik van Batenburg and Paul McGinn Halliburton Jacques van Vliet Al Furat Petroleum Company *Kesslerpark 1 2288 GD Rijswijk(ZH) The Netherlands Water production in the North-east of Syria has increased significantly in recent years. As a result costs per barrel of oil have increased and production is currently constrained by the facilities capacity. PLT surveys combined with a reservoir study showed that good-quality sands were not properly swept by the water probably due to poor connectivity in the