TY  - JOUR
T1  - Case Study on Determining the Critical Production Rate for
Bottom Water Coning in the Majed (EE-Pool) Reservoir
AU - Balhasan, Saad A. AU - Michael, Daniel A. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SP  - 925
EP  - 931
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.925.931
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.925.931
KW  - Water coning
KW  -well completions
KW  -reservoir engineering
KW  -water-drive mechanism
KW  -recommended
KW  -completions interval
AB  - Inflow of bad water caused by the creation of non-uniform pressure conditions during petroleum
production around a producing well bore may cause hydrocarbon production to gradually decrease and
ultimately cease, trapping significant quantities of oil and gas in the petroleum reservoir. Production of this
water along with commercial quantities of oil and gas causes an increase in the water cut over time, making
the well gradually uneconomical leading to several management problems. This case study evaluates the
characteristics of the EE-01 well located in the Majed EE-Pool reservoir in the Sirte Basin of Libya. The
calculated optimum oil flow rate appropriate for economically feasible production to maximizing recovery is
contrasted with the expected oil flow rate at the maximum productivity of the well. It is observed that the
optimum oil flow rate bears an inverse relationship to the expected oil flow rate with an increase in the height
of the perforations. It is recommended that the height of the perforation interval be changed to that which
corresponds to the intersection of the optimum and expected oil flow rate lines in a chart of perforation interval
height-vs-flow rate on which both the expected and optimum oil flow rates are plotted to both optimize
petroleum production in EE-01 and maximize petroleum recovery from the Majed EE-Pool reservoir.
ER  -