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Production Gauging Principles & Methods Book (4th Edition)

 

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This professional short course book ($95 USD) offered by Integrated Sciences Group covers the basic well gauging principles and methods used to monitor heavy oil production from steamflood and cyclic steam projects. A comprehensive review of production gauging fundamentals, including phase separation efficiency, water cut measurement, flow rate measurement and assessment of gauging accuracy is presented.

 

This book is designed for facility, reservoir, and production engineers currently responsible for the design, implementation, operation and management of steamflood or cyclic steam stimulation projects.  However, the contents of this book are also beneficial for other technical personnel involved in the monitoring and evaluation of steamflood or cyclic steam stimulation projects.

 

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 - Introduction

  • Chapter 2 - Production Gauging Basics

  • Chapter 3 - Separation Efficiency

  • Chapter 4 - Water Cut Measurement

  • Chapter 5 - Flow Rate Measurement

  • Chapter 6 - Gauging Optimization

  • Appendices

 

Chapter 2 - Production Gauging Basics

Chapter 2 covers two-phase and three-phase production gauging system designs.

 

Basic Design Criteria
Oil, Water, Gas Rates
Water Cut
Fluid Pressure

Fluid Temperature

Additional Fluid Properties

Well Dynamics

Production Gauging Schemes
Multiphase Flow Meters
Gas-Liquid Separation
Oil/Water/Gas Separators

Fluid Temperature

Ancillary Facilities
Well Flow Lines
Gauge Headers
Gauging Line                   Temperature Control

Cyclic Steam Distribution

Kill Water Distribution

Maintenance and Operations
Vessel or Tank Cleaning
Internal Corrosion
Instrumentation

Valves

Automation

Sampling Methods and Locations

Safety and Environmental
Personnel Protection
Hazardous Area Electrical Classification
Lock-out and Tag-out Provisions

Confined Space Entry        Spill Containment          Terrain and Space Limitations          

Portable Well Testers

 

Chapter 3 - Separation Efficiency

Chapter 3 covers fundamental aspects of oil/water separation and vessel design.

 

Vessel Design
Stokes Law
Bottle Testing
Internal Baffles, Weirs, etc.

Phase Separation Issues         

Emulsion Stability

 

Chapter 4 - Water Cut Measurement

Chapter 4 reviews the basic operating principles of water cut measurement methods and equipment.

 

Sampling and Analysis

RF Capacitance

Microwave

Ultrasonic

Infrared

Density

Application Considerations

 

Chapter 5 - Flow Rate Measurement

Chapter 5 reviews the basic operating principles of flow rate metering methods and equipment.

 

Differential Pressure Meters

Positive Displacement Meters

Turbine Meters

Vortex Meters

Magnetic Meters

Coriolis Meters

Ultrasonic Meters

Application Considerations

 

Chapter 6 - Gauging Optimization

Chapter 6 discusses gauging equipment operation and maintenance and instrument calibration requirements for improving reliability and accuracy. Basic guidelines establishing optimum well gauging duration and frequency.

 

Equipment Maintenance and Operation

Gauging Duration and Frequency

Gauging Accuracy
 
 
 

The Authors

Ms. Suzanne Castrup has over thirty-five years of experience in heavy oil recovery and is currently President of Integrated Sciences Group.  Since joining Integrated Sciences Group, she has developed several measurement science and petroleum engineering courses and provided engineering consulting services for monitoring and optimizing heavy oil projects in California, Canada and the Middle East. Prior to joining Integrated Sciences Group, Ms. Castrup was Technical Advisor for Thermally Enhanced Oil Recovery in Chevron’s Western Basins Group providing in-house consultation on all aspects of steamflood and cyclic steam project design, implementation and evaluation.  She was also a Production/Reservoir Engineer, managing both cyclic steam stimulation and steamflood projects in several heavy oil properties in the San Joaquin Valley, and spent eleven years as a Research Engineer at Chevron Oil Field Research Center. She has published numerous technical papers and holds several patents relating to heavy oil recovery.  She is a recipient of the 2007 SPE International Award for distinguished contributions to petroleum engineering projects, facilities and construction.  Click Here for a list of professional accomplishments.

 

Mr. Charlie Webb has over thirty-five years of facilities and production engineering experience working on various Chevron heavy oil projects in the San Joaquin Valley, including thirty-three years with Chevron.  During his tenure with Chevron, he managed the 1Y Antelope cyclic steam optimization project in the Cymric field and oversaw efforts to improve the accuracy of well gauging facilities.  He is a recipient of the 2009 SPE International Award for distinguished contributions to petroleum engineering projects, facilities and construction. Mr. Webb is currently a consultant with Golden Trout Engineering.

 

 

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