Expro Excellence
Flow Surveillance
MPFM based portable testing improves field production allocation
Customer challenges
  • The customer was utilizing Expro Well Test Separators and another service providers conventional Multiphase Flow Meter to test brownfield assets
  • The test data from over 200 producing wells was used for production allocation, but this did not provide a good match to the stock tank production
  • The scope for conventional MPFM testing was limited due to challenging wells: o Low oil API o Low Gas Void Fraction (GVF) and flow rates o Varying water cuts o Emulsions
  • Some wells are producing from multiple reservoir zones
  • Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) data was deemed to be unreliable for most of the wells being tested
Expro Excellence
  • Expro performed a pilot testing campaign of eight wells utilizing its augmented 2600 MPFM skid incorporating state-of-the-art equilibrium phase sampler for onsite PVT analysis to demonstrate better testing performance on the challenging production wells
  • Expro 2600 MPFM provided satisfactory results and accurate three phase flow rate measurements due to:
  • Higher resolution and more accurate electrical impedance-based water cut data with near wall water cut measurement more representative BS&W sampling
  • Range of replaceable insert Venturi sizes can be deployed in the field allows (different beta-ratio) to be obtained which in turn expands the MPFM 2600 operating envelope o Equilibrium Phase Sampler deployment has reduced the reliance on the customer’s reservoir PVT data
  • Over 200 wells in multiple fields with varying Gas Oil Ratios (GOR) and water cuts have been tested at a frequency of two wells/day
Value to client
  • Accurate production allocation data has been provided for all the fields tested so far with the customer adjusting their allocation factor as needed
  • Lower equipment and personnel footprint lead to lower Carbon emissions
  • Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) failure has been highlighted on multiple wells based on real-time production performance which enables the customer to plan for timely well intervention campaigns and subsequently optimize production
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Flow Surveillance
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MPFM based portable testing improves field production allocation

In Brief
Expro assists customer in accessing better production allocation data for all their fields which enabled them to optimize well and reservoir performance
Product Line
  • Flow Surveillance
Region
Middle East And North Africa
Customer challenges
  • The customer was utilizing Expro Well Test Separators and another service providers conventional Multiphase Flow Meter to test brownfield assets
  • The test data from over 200 producing wells was used for production allocation, but this did not provide a good match to the stock tank production
  • The scope for conventional MPFM testing was limited due to challenging wells: o Low oil API o Low Gas Void Fraction (GVF) and flow rates o Varying water cuts o Emulsions
  • Some wells are producing from multiple reservoir zones
  • Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) data was deemed to be unreliable for most of the wells being tested
Expro Excellence
  • Expro performed a pilot testing campaign of eight wells utilizing its augmented 2600 MPFM skid incorporating state-of-the-art equilibrium phase sampler for onsite PVT analysis to demonstrate better testing performance on the challenging production wells
  • Expro 2600 MPFM provided satisfactory results and accurate three phase flow rate measurements due to:
  • Higher resolution and more accurate electrical impedance-based water cut data with near wall water cut measurement more representative BS&W sampling
  • Range of replaceable insert Venturi sizes can be deployed in the field allows (different beta-ratio) to be obtained which in turn expands the MPFM 2600 operating envelope o Equilibrium Phase Sampler deployment has reduced the reliance on the customer’s reservoir PVT data
  • Over 200 wells in multiple fields with varying Gas Oil Ratios (GOR) and water cuts have been tested at a frequency of two wells/day
Value to client
  • Accurate production allocation data has been provided for all the fields tested so far with the customer adjusting their allocation factor as needed
  • Lower equipment and personnel footprint lead to lower Carbon emissions
  • Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) failure has been highlighted on multiple wells based on real-time production performance which enables the customer to plan for timely well intervention campaigns and subsequently optimize production
Contact

For further information, please contact:

flow.surveillance@expro.com
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