WaterWeb Service

§ A water-soluble polymer

§ Hydrophobic modification
imparts unique associative
properties (Increased
adsorption)
§ In essence, it allows oil and gas
to pass while holding back the
water: “Oil/water separation in
the reservoir”
How does it work?
WaterWeb Service
Before Treatment After Treatment

Water

Residual Oil

Adsorbed Polymer
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Permeability Modification for Oil and Water Saturated Cores

340
350 Initial Perm (md)
Final Perm (md)
300

250
Permeability (md)

Permeability to oil increased by 7%

200
Permeability to
142 water decreased
135 by 98%
150

100

50
6
0

oil core water core

Laboratory Tests
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What is a WaterWeb candidate?

§ Layered formation without reservoir cross flow

§ Sandstone or carbonate formation
§ Bottom hole static temperature (BHST) up to 325°F
§ Matrix permeability range from 0.1 md to 6 darcy
§ Perforated, Gravel Packed or Fracture Stimulated
well
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Principle of Application
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Database:

§ 69 WaterWeb jobs have been performed to date.

§ Database contains information for 31 jobs but only 24

case histories are available with enough data to assess
‘success’ or ‘failure’.
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Success Criteria

§ WaterWeb job considered successful if significant

decrease in water-oil ratio (WOR) and/or water-gas ratio
(WGR) is observed

§ Trends on production data before and after treatment

analyzed to estimate impact of WaterWeb
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25
21
20
Case Histories

15

10
7
5 3
0

Success
Failure
Not enough
data

88% success ratio!

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8
Failure
7
Success
6
Case Histories

4
6
5
3
5

2 2

1 2
1
0

<100
101-150
151-200
201-250
o
Temperature, F

WaterWeb vs. Temperature

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14

12 Success
Failure
10
Case Histories

8
14
6

4
1
2 1 1
2
0
1 3
1
Sandstone
Carbonate
Shale
Dolomite
Unknown
Lithology

WaterWeb vs. Lithology

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7 Failure

6 Success
Case Histories

4 6
5 5
3

2 3

1 2
3
0

0.1-5
6-100
101-1000
>1000
Unknown
Formation Permeability, mD

WaterWeb vs. Permeability

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15 Failure
Success
13

11 14
Case Histories

5
6
3
3
1

-1

Oil Well
Gas Well

Type of Hydrocarbon Production

WaterWeb vs. Type of Hydrocarbons Production

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 WaterWeb – Case Histories
§ 28 jobs run world-wide as of August 2005

§ Sandstone formation, 180° F, previously fracture

stimulated
ü0.1 md permeability
üInitial Production: 700 bwpd, 1 MMSCFPD
üTreat with 85 bbl WaterWeb
üPost Job Production: 300 bwpd, 1 MMSCFPD
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§ Sandstone formation, 100º F
üInitial Production: 2920 bwpd, 29 bopd
üTreat with 500 bbl WaterWeb
üPost job Production: 2531 bwpd, 42 bopd

§ Sandstone formation, 150º F

üInitial Production: 340 bwpd, 60 bopd
üPost job Production: 240 bwpd, 160 bopd
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100%

90%
Oxidizer Treatment
80%

70%

60%

50%

40%
% Kw reduction

30%

20%
total
10%

0%
500 505 510 515 520 525 530 535
-10%
Segement 3
-20%

-30%
Segment 2
-40%

-50%
Pore volumes of brine flowed after treatment

‘Process Reversal Test Results’

Brown sandstone at Sor, 200 ºF (93 ºC), 6000 ppm
WaterWeb , 500 mL treatment, followed by 25 mL oxidizer