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CASE STUDY
Dual-ESP Completion Accelerates Oil Production

in Stacked Reservoir for OMV
Engineered ESP technology adds production monitoring and long-term flexibility
for changing reservoir conditions, Austria
CHALLENGE Improve production by commingling flow from two layers
Outer production
Accelerate oil production from stacked OMV Austria E&P GmbH operates a number of wells that produce tubing string
reservoirs with significantly different from a series of stacked reservoirs in the Erdpress field, Vienna
pressure profiles. basin. The layers differ substantially in pressure profile, inducing
crossflow and reducing production if commingled and produced Flow crossover tool
SOLUTION simultaneously. Consequently, the company produced each layer with
Install a dual-ESP completion with one a dedicated well, then recompleted a different layer, repeating the
ESP per reservoir layer. process until the layers were produced to their economic limits. Check valves
RESULTS To accelerate production, OMV considered several options for

producing two layers at once. Gas lift was eliminated because Bypass tubing
■■ Improved oil production by commingling
flow from both layers without detrimental the field does not have the required gas supply. Another option, Upper ESP
crossflow effects. producing with dual sucker rod pumps, was also eliminated. If the
pumps used a single rod, it would be impossible to optimize plungers
■■ Improved reservoir knowledge by enabling
for each layer and maintain optimal operation as reservoir conditions
production monitoring for each layer.
changed. Using two rods in parallel could achieve the necessary
flexibility, but the resulting completion would be too complex.
“The idea of accelerating production
Control both layers with a dual-ESP completion Pod assembly
and saving a development well in the
Schlumberger proposed a dual-ESP completion to control each ESP
latest drilling campaign was realized and layer while enabling commingled production. The proposed
by applying a dual-ESP system for completion comprised a lower ESP system encapsulated in a pod and
commingled production.” an upper ESP system with a motor shroud and a bypass system. A Lower ESP
series of valves would prevent cross flow. The whole string would be
M. Hoy, T. Florian, and H. Geier stabbed into a packer between the two reservoir layers. This design
OMV Austria E&P placed the entire dual-ESP string above the packer, facilitating future
in SPE 182908 workovers, compared with having one ESP below the packer.
Upper zone
Meet production target for both layers
The first dual-ESP system was engineered for the Erdpress-6 well. Seal bore packer
The upper reservoir had higher productivity index (PI) and pressure
Lower zone
as compared with the lower reservoir, so the lower ESP system was
designed with more stages than the upper. Target production rates
A dual-ESP completion
were set to 280 bbl/d of fluid for each layer to avoid sand production accelerated production from an
and early water and gas breakthrough. Each pump was designed Austrian well by commingling
to accommodate a wide production range (250–1,400 bbl/d of fluid production from two reservoirs
with significantly different
at 50 Hz). Tubing movement analysis was performed to ensure that pressure characteristics. Check
tensile stress at the wellhead and compressive forces downhole were valves, shown in red, are
kept within the material limits at all stages of the completion life. essential to prevent cross flow.
Both pumps were also equipped with sensors to facilitate allocation
calculations and enable ESP surveillance.
Each zone was initially produced separately to optimize pump

performance. When the fluid was commingled, the initial flow rate
exceeded the desired rates by more than 25%. After recalculating
*Mark of Schlumberger. allocations from each layer, pump frequencies were revised, so the slb.com/al
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are the properties of their respective owners. upper zone contributed 60% of the oil and the lower zone 40%.
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CASE STUDY

Dual-ESP Completion Accelerates Oil Production

RESULTS To accelerate production, OMV considered several options for

Each zone was initially produced separately to optimize pump

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