| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 321, 2021
XIII International Conference on Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer (ICCHMT 2021)
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| Article Number | 02013 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Energy | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202132102013 | |
| Published online | 11 November 2021 | |
Development of a Virtual Metering System Application for High Water Cut Wells with Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPS) – a Case Study for Quifa Field
Frontera Energy, Operations Technology Department, Calle 110 # 9 – 25, Bogota, Colombia
* Corresponding author: asuajem@fronteraenergy.ca
Well surveillance is a mandatory requirement for reservoir characterization and production optimization that every asset must aim for. To guarantee constant monitoring of a single well, installing conventional multi-phases flow meters systems is necessary. As an alternative way, this paper presents a Virtual Metering System (VMS) developed to estimate flow rates in oil wells with high water cut operating with electric submersible pumps as artificial lift systems. The VMS starts from a mathematical model based on production variables, well data, and pump performance curves to estimate fluids flow rates and water cut using a Newton Raphson Multivariate Method. The VMS was implemented in 11 wells in Quifa Field, Colombia. The VMS is constantly feeding by data from the PI System. The VMS results show a deviation of less than 3% in calculating the fluid flow rate and less than 5% in estimating the water cut.
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