Workflow Library
AFE Creation
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The Workflow
Steam injection is widely used in heavy oil reservoirs to improve production. One type is cyclic steam injection, where the same wellbore is used alternately to inject steam and produce oil. To help optimize operations, OVS has worked with several clients to develop a “Steam Picker.” The Steam Picker was one of the early tools in the OVS Workflow Library. It has been refined over the years and still has a great impact for operators that use it. The OVS Steam Picker was featured in a presentation from Pacific Coast Energy Corporation at the OMC15 conference, April 2015
The Challenge
Steam injection is widely used in heavy oil reservoirs to improve production. One type is cyclic steam injection, where the same wellbore is used alternately to inject steam and produce oil. To help optimize operations, OVS has worked with several clients to develop a “Steam Picker.” The Steam Picker was one of the early tools in the OVS Workflow Library. It has been refined over the years and still has a great impact for operators that use it. The OVS Steam Picker was featured in a presentation from Pacific Coast Energy Corporation at the OMC15 conference, April 2015
One early OVS client identified optimized steam operations as a key value improvement area. This tool is a rule-based system for ranking actions that should be implemented in the cyclic operation. The system looks at certain key performance indicators like temperature, production rates, steam quality and downtime, as well as operational constraints to build a ranked list of actions. For instance, a well may decline to a point where the business rules suggest switching to steam, however the steam manifold cannot accommodate another steam injector. This well would be ranked as a low priority for switching to steam. On the other hand, another well on a different manifold may potentially take precedence in this situation.
The Steam Picker is built for a specific type of operation. The same rule-based methodology (with different rules) has been applied to other applications, like well test ranking or to oilfield coordination. If you would like to explore OVS’ Cyclic Steam Operation workflows or any other workflows from our library, please contact OVS Group.
