Practical Consideration on Operations and Production Management through the deployment of Inflow Control Devices for Horizontal Wells, Bouri Field, Libya

Horizontal well drilling traditionally helps to improve the oil recovery and avoid problems of premature gas/water<br>breakthrough. In Bouri field, offshore Libya, the main concern of the operator was to establish an advanced method of<br>controlling gas and water encroachment in a fractured carbonate reservoir characterized by high vertical permeability.<br>This paper describes the first Inflow Control Device (ICD) installation for Mellitah Oil & Gas, and the first such application<br>in Libya. It was an integral part of a well completion aimed at evenly distributing inflow in a horizontal well, and at limiting<br>the negative effects after occurrence of expected gas breakthrough.