Horizontal well сompletion technologies and permanent monitoring for oil rim field development
In Russia, pilot projects and following full scale oil rim fields development are mainly done by horizontal well technology. Directional drilling development allows to create horizontal and ERD wells to keep a well in a reservoir for a longer distance in order to maximize its productivity and drainage capability. But there are many questions related to completion technology and permanent monitoring of horizontal wells.
The paper is dedicated to discussion of the positive and negative experience of open hole packers, inflow control devices, smart well technology, fiber optic technology for oil rim field development in Russia. There are some real cases from Vankorskoe oilfiled, Russkoe heavy oil field, Sakhalin-2 project, offshore project on the Karchagina field etc.
New Russian completion technologies and permanent monitoring systems for oil rim development by horizontal wells are also discussed in the paper.