| Middle East EQUALIZER System Balances Flow from Three Zones; Saves $1.5 Million in Sidetrack Costs An operator in Abu Dhabi was experiencing an unbalanced injection profile in a consolidated formation. To solve this challenge, a single-string solution using the Baker Hughes EQUALIZER™ reservoir drainage system was deployed to establish more effective water injection for higher ultimate reserve recovery.
This solution, along with a reduction of costs by eliminating the need for a dual completion, saved the operator approximately $1.5 million on sidetrack completions costs. View full story Africa Scale Treatment Program Reduces NPT, Reduces Costs by Two-thirds Barium sulphate scale can damage wellbores, risers and production flow lines and, left untreated, it is difficult to remove and involves costly interventions. In wells where typical scale inhibitor injection does not reach the perforations or rock face, a scale squeeze program may be necessary.
This was the case recently in a deepwater West Africa well where a Baker Hughes scale treatment program successfully turned around a failed scale squeeze program, taking the squeeze life from 23 days to 61 days. This improvement is saving the operator more than $3 million per year in costs associated with squeezing. View full story China SubSep Downhole Separator Generates Potential for $32 Million in Additional Revenue Facing constraints on surface water handling facilities and the prospect of a ban on overboard dumping, an operator in Bohai Bay offshore China was receptive to innovative solutions. Based on the availability of a suitable injection zone with good reservoir data, Baker Hughes proposed the concept of using a downhole oil/water separator and directly injecting the separated water into the disposal zone.
The result was a completely new SubSep™ downhole oil and water separator completion design that used two independently controlled electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems. Following the installation, water to surface was reduced by almost 9,000 B/D, resulting in a reduction in water-handling constraints and associated costs. And, based on an average water cut of 90 percent, 9,000 barrels of extra capacity, achieved by opening up production from other wells, equates to 900 BOPD or $32 million in potential annual revenue at today's oil prices. View full story Europe RNS Puts Wellbore in 100 Percent Oil Pay; Production Rates Exceed Pre-well Expectations Recently, Baker Hughes deployed its Reservoir Navigation Services™ (RNS™) offering in a heavy-oil North Sea field where extensive pre-well planning and optimal well placement contributed to proof of commerciality of the field.
Although discovered in 1977, the North Sea's Bentley field that lies 160 km (99 miles) east of the Shetland Islands in 113 m (370 ft) of water, had been passed over until Xcite Energy Resources (XER) took over the field in 2003. It is estimated to contain approximately 700 MMbbl of heavy (10° to 12° API) viscous oil, within a four-way dip closure at the Upper Palaeocene, Dornoch sandstone reservoir level. View full story Africa New Technology Combo Reaches Stranded Reserves in Complex Reservoir Baker Hughes combined the AutoTrak G3™ rotary closed-loop steering system with its Reservoir Navigation Service (RNS™) offering to cost-effectively access stranded reserves in a marginal step-out field offshore Nigeria. Baker Hughes deployed the two new technologies to successfully drill two complex profile extended reach (ERD) wells, considered by the customer to be "among the most challenging wells drilled to date."
"These wells could not have been successfully drilled without using the RNS system to stay within the thin producing zones," notes Thomas Emetoh, Nigeria geomarket sales director. "Normal directional tools would just drill along a predetermined well path which may or may not lie within the reservoir. By using this total system, Baker Hughes accurately hit and stayed within a very small target zone, even from 8,500 ft (2591 m) away." View full story Canada TruTrak X-treme Power System Reduces Drilling Time by Six Days One of the biggest drilling challenges in highly faulted reservoirs is keeping the drill string in a true vertical position and the drill bit cutting edge aligned with the formation. Deviation tendencies during drilling and the resulting tortuosity can limit the rate of penetration (ROP). Operators routinely face this challenge in the Hanlan field in the Canadian foothills.
Recently, Baker Hughes employed its TruTrak X-treme™ automated directional drilling service, combined with the Hughes Christensen Quantec Force™ PDC bit, to overcome this issue and maintain true vertical placement in one operator's well. The Baker Hughes solution delivered consistently higher ROP—reducing runs from six to four bits, lowering overall drilling time by six days, and saving the operator approximately $350,000 in drilling costs. View full story | | News | | Baker Hughes Wins Six Technology Awards at OTC Baker Hughes technologies were recognized during the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) with four Hart's E&P Meritorious Engineering Awards (MEA) and two OTC Spotlight on Technology Awards. Hart's E&P acknowledged Baker Hughes as having outstanding new technologies in four of 12 MEA categories-more than any other oilfield service company. The OTC Spotlight Awards recognized revolutionary sand control and drill bit technologies. 
View full story  Next-generation Reservoir Modeling Software Launched Baker Hughes has introduced the next generation of its JewelSuite™ reservoir modeling software . JewelSuite 2011 is an integrated reservoir modeling tool that uses patented 3D gridding technology to build accurate reservoir models for fields with complex geology. The JewelSuite platform also provides connectivity between its generated models and reservoir simulators—a capability designed to further improve overall simulation accuracy. View full story Baker Hughes Adds Hydrocarbon Prediction Software to Consulting Services Baker Hughes will integrate software developer FaultSeal's FaultRisk™ software, which reduces uncertainly and risk of hydrocarbon predictions, into its portfolio of reservoir consulting services. In producing regions where its use has been calibrated, the FaultRisk software has provided a high level of accuracy in predrill studies to predict gas, water and oil/water contacts as well as associated hydrocarbon columns. View full story |
| People | | Meet Daniel Moos: Baker Hughes Fellow Daniel Moos, the newest Baker Hughes technology fellow, has more than 25 years of expertise in the application of geomechanics solutions in the oil field and in geothermal and civil engineering. Dr. Moos previously was the GeoMechanics International chief scientist in Baker Hughes' Reservoir Development Services (RDS) in California. As a cofounder of GeoMechanics International, which is now part of RDS, Dr. Moos helped to establish geomechanics as an integral oilfield technology and GeoMechanics International as the technology leader. 
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