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SPE/IADC Managed Pressure Drilling and Underbalanced Operations Conference & Exhibition
8-9 April 2014 NH Eurobuilding Hotel, Madrid
Natural Gas Recycle and
Recovery System
Dramatically Reduces
Drilling Cost and
Environmental Impact
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Alek Ozegovic Weatherford
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Outline
Recycle & Recovery Process
Equipment Involved
Advantages
Unique Requirements
Case Studies
Economical and Environmental Impact
Conclusions
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Traditional UBD Layout (Gas Well)
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Summary of Traditional UBD
On-site nitrogen membrane
40 m3/min N2 consumes 10,000 lpd of diesel
All drilling liquids recycled
All returned lift gas is flared
All produced gas is flared
* Cost of UBD becoming prohibitive in some cases *
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Something Has to Change
Why do we require generated N2 on location?
We don’t
Why do we need inert gas to drill a well?
We don’t
Is an alternative lift gas available?
Methane!
Can we utilize a neighboring pipeline to “buy” CH4
as our lift gas and “sell” it back to the pipeline?
Yes, but there needs to be an existing pipeline
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Natural Gas From Formation
Gas
Drilling Mud
Pipeline
SHUT OFF
SUPPLY GAS
AND OPEN
SALES LINE
Valve
NOT
NECESSARY
TO FLARE
WHILE
DRILLING BY
R&R
BUYING GAS
FROM
PIPELINE TO
START UBD
BOOSTERS
UBD
CHOKE
SEPARATOR
RIG MUD TANKSRIG
PUMPS
SHAKER
ST
AN
DP
IPE
ANNULAR
Flare Stack
H2S SCRUBBER
COMPRESSORS
PRODUCING
NATURAL
GAS WHILE
DRILLING
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Compressors Scrubber
Booster & Mist
Pump
UBD Choke &
Separator
Flare Stack
MAC Skid
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Why Recycle and Recover Gas?
Cost Savings Using natural gas as a nitrogen replacement, thereby not requiring the
nitrogen generating equipment
Reduced cost of diesel to run the equipment with bi-fuel modifications
Direct distribution of produced gas for selling to the pipeline rather than
flaring (generate revenue while drilling)
Reduce Environmental Impact
Reduced flaring of gas on location while drilling
Possible carbon tax credit by reducing emissions
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1st CASE STUDY – UBD
GAS WELL (CANADA)
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Depleted limestone reservoir
4 – 6 kPa/m [0.18 – 0.26 psi/ft]
Drilled with foam fluid system
water, methane, surfactant
Methane supplied from pipeline until well
produced and then methane was recycled
for drilling with excess sent to pipeline
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Data reporting compiled on a daily basis
and captured in End of Well Report
Some wells were multi-leg horizontals
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
00:00
02/02
12:00
02/02
00:00
03/02
12:00
03/02
00:00
04/02
12:00
04/02
00:00
05/02
12:00
05/02
00:00
06/02
12:00
06/02
00:00
07/02
12:00
07/02
00:00
08/02
12:00
08/02
00:00
09/02
12:00
09/02
00:00
10/02
Prod
uced
Gas
Vol
ume
(103 m
3 )
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
Hole
Dep
th (
m)
Cumulative Produced Gas
Cumultive Sales Gas
Cumulative Flare Stack Gas
Cumulative Buy Gas
Hole Depth
911 e3m
3 (36 mmscf) of gas produced
throughout the job.
Produced = Sales + Flare - Buy
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0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2 6 10
14
18
22
26
30
34
38
42
46
50
54
58
62
66
70
74
78
82
86
90
94
98
10
2
10
6
11
0G
as
Pro
du
ctio
n (
e3m
3)
Wellhead Number
Gas Production for R&R UBD Wells
Recovered Gas (e3m3) Flared Gas (e3m3) Produced Gas (e3m3)
Recovered Gas=Sold Gas-Buy Gas
Flared Gas=Produced Gas+Buy Gas-Sold Gas
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4
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Flush
Production
Matrix
Production
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AVERAGE FLARED GAS WAS
~25% OF PRODUCED GAS
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3000
2 6 10
14
18
22
26
30
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78
82
86
90
94
98
10
2
10
6
11
0G
as P
ro
du
ctio
n (
e3m
3)
Wellhead Number
Gas Production for R&R UBD Wells
Recovered Gas (e3m3) Flared Gas (e3m3) Produced Gas (e3m3)
Recovered Gas=Sold Gas-Buy Gas
Flared Gas=Produced Gas+Buy Gas-Sold Gas
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4
Total Recovered Gas = 61,600 e3m3
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25000
30000
35000
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45000
50000
55000
60000
65000
$0
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
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mu
latv
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eco
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red
Ga
s (e
3m
3)
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ark
et
Va
lue
($
)
Market Value for Recovered Gas
Recovered Gas in Dollars
Recovered Gas
CDN $ 9,855,058
61,600 e3m3
PROJECT TIMELINE • The gross heat of combustion of 1 m3 of commercial quality natural gas is around 0.039 GJ • Gas price is based on monthly average gas price in Alberta from http://www.ngx.com/natgas.html