Offshore staff
WellDynamics and BP have signed a multi-well contract for the provision of SmartWell downhole flow control and ancillary completion equipment to manage water injection in BP's deepwater, Greater Plutonio development, in Angola, West Africa.
The Greater Plutonio Project in Block 18, offshore Angola, initially encompasses the development of five deep water oil fields (Plutonio, Cobalto, Galio, Cromio and Paladio) with subsea wells tied back to a single floating, production, storage and offloading vessel.
The project will require 40 wells with equal numbers of oil production wells and water injection wells. The water injection wells will provide reservoir pressure support and sweep efficiency to ensure optimal reserve recovery. An additional three gas injection wells will be used for reservoir pressure support and to dispose of associated gas production.
BP identified SmartWell completions as an important enabling technology for the Greater Plutonio project to optimize reservoir waterflood management. Most of the water injection wells will be completed on at least two independent channel sands, and the WellDynamics SmartWell technology will provide the ability to monitor and control the distribution of the water volume injected among the multiple zones within each well bore for the life of the wells.
08/05/05
