CASE STUDY

Confirm Water Sweep Dimensions and Extent

to Guide Injection, UAE
DeepLook-EM crosswell imaging accurately tracks fluid flow
on a reservoir scale for ADCO
CHALLENGE Insufficient resolution and coverage for monitoring
Determine waterflood movement Uneven sweep (water override) was occurring in a prolific UAE field operated by Abu Dhabi
on a reservoir scale to avoid override. Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO). But lateral coverage with conventional logs and
the vertical resolution of subsurface seismic surveys were insufficient for montoring interwell
Solution
fluid flow. What was missing was measurement of the flood movement in the areas between
Monitor fluid displacement using
wells. The limited dataset in turn impeded prediction of the water front dimensions and extent
reservoir-scale resistivity images from
generated using stochastic flow simulation.
DeepLook-EM* crosswell electromagnetic
imaging service.

Results Observer 3
Used time-lapse survey results to correct 240 m
Observer 1
flow simulation model for accurately
projecting sweep movement and guiding
injection strategy.

300 m 250 m

Observer 2

Water injector

DeepLook-EM services transmitter and receiver tools were run in pairs of observer wells to monitor
water injection.

Reservoir-scale resistivity images

Instead of logging just the near-well environment, DeepLook-EM crosswell electromagnetic
imaging service provides reservoir-scale resistivity images between boreholes up to 1,000
m [3,280 ft] apart. The extent and direction of injected fluid flow is revealed by DeepLook-EM
services time-lapse surveys, imaging fluid displacement across the reservoir to guide injector
placement and operation and infill drilling.

Reservoir Monitoring
CASE STUDY: DeepLook-EM service images fluid flow on a reservoir scale, UAE

Observer 2 Observer 1 Observer 2 Observer 1 Resistivity

250 m 250 m
100

Northwest-trending image 10
between observer 250 m
Wells 1 and 2 Injector Injector

ohm.m

Observer 1 Observer 3 Observer 1 Observer 3 Resistivity

240 m 240 m
100

Eastwest image 10
between observer Injector Injector 250 m
Wells 1 and 3

Baseline Survey Time-Lapse Survey at 6 Months ohm.m

Time-lapse surveys by DeepLook-EM crosswell electromagnetic imaging service at a 6-month interval show a large water sweep
preferentially from east to west between Wells 1 and 3.

Insight from accurate images of fluid flow

DeepLook-EM service surveys of well pairs were acquired for a set of three observer wells, with baseline
acquisition conducted preinjection. The data were fit into a model constructed from conventional wireline
resistivity measurements made in the observer wells. Survey images from 6 months after the baseline
indicate successful water flooding from the injector well to observer Wells 1 and 3, with a large volume of
water swept through a preferential eastwest flow direction. The flow preference was confirmed by RST*
reservoir saturation tool logs.

At the time of the 6-month survey, water had not migrated to the pair of observer Wells 2 and 3. Further
DeepLook-EM service surveys at 6-month intervals will verify the direction and coverage of water
movement, enabling fine-tuning of injection management to avoid both water override and ineffective
sweep for more complete recovery than usual.

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