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OTC-28236-MS
Mobile Water Injection Facilities: Case Study of Brownfield
Redevelopment Strategy

Jit Sen Lim and Dayang Amalina Azyyati Awang Bakar, PETRONAS

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D Field Background
OBJECTIVE B. Water Injection Facility (WIF)
To enhance oil recovery through water injection system, thus • Water Injection System facilities
increasing production rate.
• Mobile Platform
A. Infill Drilling and Associated Platform Modification
C. Flexible Pipelines Installation
• New wells : infill oil production (OP) wells + water
• 1 WI pipeline from D-A to D-B
injection (WI) wells
• 1 WI pipeline from D-A to D-C
• Platform modifications:
o D-B: deck extension for new conductor slots, solar panel
and WI piping
o D-C: deck extension for solar panel and WI piping
o D-A: deck extension for WI piping network and WIF bridge
landing deck.

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Why water injection in D Field

1780 psia 700-900 psia

Future
1986 2016

D DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

To improve reserve recovery from 20%

up to 25% recovery factor

Water flooding is a major To extend the

development strategy economic field life

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Why Mobile Facilities?

Refurbished jack up rig for

Fast facilities and accommodation
delivery

Short term operation to Pilot

verify water injection operation
impact

Flexibility
of operation Potential
utilisation for
other fields

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Water Injection Facilities Process
Polyelectrolyte

Biocide (Batching) O2 Scavenger Antifoam Coagulant

Capacity requirement
Corrosion Inhibitor Vacuum Pump

Scale Inhibitor • Water injection pressures

Vacuum
Deaerator
Coarse • Water injection flowrates
Filter
Water Injection Pump Dual Media Fine Filter • Filtration specification
Electro-
• Deaeration specification
chlorinator
TO D-A
Manning requirement
Water Booster Pump
HULL Due to the strict requirement to
maintain water quality, facilities
should be manned continuously

Sodium Hypo
Submersible Pump
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D-WIF Major Equipment

Vacuum deaerator
4 Fine filters
3

2 Coarse filters

Booster pumps Seawater Lift Pumps

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Water injection pumps

6

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Technology as a key differentiator

1st Mobile Water Injection Facilities for PETRONAS
water injection treatment with accommodation facilities.
Conversion Completed within 12 months

Utilisation of Flexible Pipelines

Accelerated installation schedule and improved water quality.
Installation completed within 2 weeks

Smart Completion with inflow control valves (ICV) and online well data
• Well data accessible in office for WI analysis, monitoring & Surveillance via
pressure downhole gauges (PDG)
• Downhole ICV reduces well intervention (wireline)

Improved efficiency

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Contribution to Existing Field Operations

Baseline Sustainability
Improved baseline production
Production levels improved and
from 2016
maintained due to higher uptime

Efficiency
Improved unplanned deferment
due to higher uptime after WIF is
installed – higher productivity
with manning
WIF installed

Q4 2015 Q4 2016 Q4 2017

Production baseline x RF incremental Deferment
RF – recovery factor
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• D-Field Project Management Team

• Technical Team involved
• D-Field Operations Team
• Contractors involved

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