Expanding Heavy Oil Frontiers With Innovative
Technology
The slide presentation
available through the link below suggests just how broad the thinking must
be to deal with the many challenges of producing heavy oil. The
presenters urge practitioners in the Heavy Oil industry to "think outside
the box" to maximize the production from even marginal wells. As an
example, a detailed examination of problems and potential
solutions in three particular wells in the Fishing Lake field is provided. The
presenters observe:
| “Like people, every well appears to behave
differently. The challenge is to understand what the well is telling
us. Only then can we begin to make sense and understand its
personality” |
The slide
presentation will be especially meaningful to those on the front lines of
dealing with wells. There are many insights to be learned about
technical and scientific issues, but as well the presenters, somewhat
uniquely, remain aware of the human dimension in the oil patch.
Among their recommendations are the following:
 | Discuss how to obtain accurate, honest field data and why we
need it |
| Communicate often on same page – daily calls, weekly
conference calls, well review sit downs |
| Discuss issues with contacts at all levels (operators, service
companies, consultants, engineers, geologists, scientists etc.) |
| Decipher well issue(s) and develop a logical work flow to
resolve one at a time |
| Understand how issue(s) are inter-related |
| Develop behavioural patterns to enable forecasting |
| Understand the old to challenge past practices
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The presentation was made to the Petroleum
Society of CIM, Lloydminster (Heavy Oil) Section in September 2007 by
Geoff Beatson, VP Eng./Op., Watch Resources Ltd.; and Curtis Pollard,
ChemServ Products Inc.
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