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Autonomous ICDs Optimize Production in Singue Field, Ecuador

This paper presents autonomous-inflow-control-device installations in multiple horizontal wells of the Singue oilfield development in Ecuador.

Screen coupon after PST verifying that mud is properly conditioned.
Fig. 1—Screen coupon after PST verifying that mud is properly conditioned.

Autonomous-inflow-control-device (AICD) technology, design methodology, and production-performance evaluation for AICD completions were applied for the first time in multiple horizontal wells of the Singue oilfield development in Ecuador. The analysis described in the complete paper covered the complete cycle, from reservoir modeling, completion design, post-drilling match, calibration, and production-performance analysis.

Background and Field Information

Singue is a field in a tropical rainforest in the Sucumbios province of Ecuador. The first well in the Singue field was drilled in February 1991. Lower U was the target reservoir in this first well. The well was drilled on the basis of seismic 2D data acquired from 1979 to 1989. Field cumulative oil production between 1991 and 1997 was 447,000 bbl.

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