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  title info:
    title: Reservoir simulation used to plan diatomite development in mountainous region
  name:
    name part: Powell, Richard.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Zhu, Ding
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Barrufet, Maria A.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: In Santa Barbara County, Santa Maria Pacific (an exploration and production company) is expanding their cyclic steam project in a diatomite reservoir. The hilly or mountainous topography and cut and fill restrictions have interfered with the company's ideal development plan. The steep hillsides prevent well pad development for about 22 vertical well locations in the 110 well expansion plan. Conventional production performs poorly in the area because the combination of relatively low permeability (1-10 md) and high viscosity (~220 cp) at the reservoir temperature. Cyclic steam injection has been widely used in diatomite reservoirs to take advantage of the diatomite rocks unique properties and lower the viscosity of the oil. Some companies used deviated wells for cyclic steam injection, but Santa Maria Pacific prefers the use only vertical wells for the expansion. Currently, the inability to create well pads above 22 vertical well target locations will result in an estimated $60,000,000 of lost revenue over a five year period. The target locations could be developed with unstimulated deviated or horizontal wells, but expected well rates and expenses have not been estimated. In this work, I use a thermal reservoir simulator to estimate production based on five potential development cases. The first case represents no development other than the cyclic wells. This case is used to calibrate the model based on the pilot program performance and serves as a reference point for the other cases. Two of the cases simulate a deviated well with and without artificial lift next to a cyclic well, and the final two cases simulate a horizontal well segment with and without artificial lift next to a cyclic well. The deviated well with artificial lift results in the highest NPV and profit after five years. The well experienced pressure support from the neighboring cyclic well and performed better with the cyclic well than without it. Adding 22 deviated wells with artificial lift will i…
  note: by Richard Raymond Powell, III.
  note: "Major Subject: Petroleum Engineering"
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master of Science Texas A&M University 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11851
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Petroleum Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Diatomite
  subject:
    topic: cyclic steam
  subject:
    topic: simulation
  subject:
    topic: reservoir simulation
  subject:
    topic: CSS
  subject:
    topic: numerical simulation
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11851
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 121115
    record change date: 20150922143257.0
    record identifier: in00002778381