1887

Abstract

Summary

The Captain field located in the UK continental shelf of the North Sea contains shallow sandstone reservoirs of high quality and permeability and was developed with produced water re-injection to maintain the reservoir pressure. However, the Captain reservoirs contain a relatively heavy oil with moderately high viscosity, which has an unfavourable mobility ratio to water and resulted in early water breakthrough, with oil production at high watercuts and a long production duration at low oil rates.

In this paper we present recent results from the successful polymerflood Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) development, which have accelerated and increased oil recovery from the field. Polymerflood EOR began in 2011 at Captain with a single successful pilot and additional polymerflood developments have been implemented across larger areas of the reservoirs. These successive developments have continued the success of polymerflood EOR implementation and demonstrate the applicability of this technology across the Captain field.

Recent results from EOR at Captain are presented, which demonstrate the ability of a polymerflood development to consistently reduce watercuts, increase oil production and maximise overall oil recovery in an offshore location, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of oil production from the field.

© EAGE Publications BV
Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202310519
2023-06-05
2026-04-15

  • From This Site

    /content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202310519
    dcterms_title,dcterms_subject,pub_keyword
    -contentType:Journal -contentType:Contributor -contentType:Concept -contentType:Institution
    10
    5
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Beteta, A., Sorbie, K.S., McIver, K., Johnson, G., Gasimov, R., & Zeil, W. van. [2022] The Role of Immiscible Fingering on the Mechanism of Secondary and Tertiary Polymer Flooding of Viscous Oil. Transport in Porous Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01774-8
     [Google Scholar]
  2. Dupuis, G. and Nieuwerf, J. [2020] A Cost-Effective EOR Technique To Reduce Carbon Intensity With Polymer Flooding and Modular Skids. Published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology August 2020. https://pubs.spe.org/en/jpt/jpt-article-detail/?art=7545
     [Google Scholar]
  3. Farajzadehab, R, Glasbergen, G, Karpan, V, Mjenid, R, Boersma, D.M, Eftekharie, A.A, Casquera Garciaa, A, Bruining, J. [2022] Improved oil recovery techniques and their role in energy efficiency and reducing CO2 footprint of oil production. Elsevier Journal of Cleaner Production, volume 369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133308
     [Google Scholar]
  4. Johnson, G., Hesampour, M., Van Zeil, W., Toivonen, S., Pin, E., Carnicero, P., Hanski, Sihvonen, S., Hall, D. [2021] A Novel Sampling and Testing Procedure to Confirm Polymerflood Viscosity Retention at the Captain Field. Presented at the EAGE 21st European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Online event. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202133039
     [Google Scholar]
  5. Johnson, G., Hesampour, M., Toivonen, S., Hanski, S., Sihvonen, S., Lugo, N., McCallum, J., & Pope, M. [2022] Confirmation of Polymer Viscosity Retention at the Captain Field Through Wellhead Sampling. Presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Tulsa, OK, USA, 25–29 April (Vol. 2022-April). Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). https://doi.org/10.2118/209370-MS
     [Google Scholar]
  6. Morice, L, Dupuis, G, Al-Khoury, P, Nieuwerf, J, Favero, C. [2021] Using Polymer EOR to Reduce Carbon Intensity While Increasing Oil Recovery. EAGE IOR 2021, Volume 2021, p.1–20. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202133048
     [Google Scholar]
  7. Poulsen, A., Shook, G.M., Jackson, A., Ruby, N., Charvin, K., Dwarakanath, V., Thach, S. and Ellis, M. [2018] Results of the UK Captain Field Interwell EOR Pilot. SPE190175, Proc. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, 14–18 April 2018.
     [Google Scholar]
  8. Sorbie, K.S. [1991] Polymer Improved Oil Recovery (1st ed.). Glasgow: Blackie.
     [Google Scholar]
  9. Sorbie, K.S., Skauge, A. [2019] Mobilization of By-Passed Oil by Viscous Crossflow in EOR Processes. 20th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Pau, France, 8–11 April. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900057
     [Google Scholar]
  10. Sorbie, K.S., Al Ghafri, A.Y., Skauge, A., Mackay, E.J. [2020] On the Modelling of Immiscible Viscous Fingering in Two ‑ Phase Flow in Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media, 135 (2), 331–359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-020-01479-w
     [Google Scholar]
/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202310519
Loading
Increasing Oil Production through EOR at the Offshore Captain Field
Conference Proceedings 2023, 1 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202310519
/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202310519
/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202310519
Loading

Data & Media loading...

Most Cited This Month Most Cited RSS feed

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error