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Image: Deborah Jaremko/JWN This article is part of the Fall 2018 edition of the Journal of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association. Part I of this article was published in the spring 2018 edition of the Journal of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association and provided an overview of flow control device (FCD) technology, rationale, key performance indicators and system-design considerations. Part II expands into a discussion of operator experience, and to what extent perceived benefits of the technology have materialized. The table in Figure 1 shows the current deployment status of FCDs, as derived from in situ operators’ performance presentations made to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER): Figure 1: Source, Alberta Energy Regulator In Situ Performance Presentations Key performance indicators and selected operators’ wxperience: Among the performance indicators listed in Part I of this article, the salient ones are those that can be correlated most directly to production performance: Increased oil rates Reduced steam oil ratio (SOR) Avoidance of “hot spots” and steam breakthrough Improve reservoir conformance longitudinally along the wellbore Part II reviews the experience of select operators and summarizes insights with FCDs to the extent that this information has been shared in the public domain. Conoco hillips’s case […]
