Water Source Identified in Heavy Oil Wells

Published: 06/01/2011

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A fractured carbonate formation in the Egyptian eastern desert was saturated with heavy oil, the hydrocarbons having migrated up from deeper source rock. Water breakthrough was beginning to occur with ingress suspected at several levels. Scimitar determined that the completion system had to allow simultaneous logging and pumping, resulting in the implementation of a creative

 Water Source Identified in Heavy Oil Wells
Location
Egypt, Africa, Onshore
Publication
Oil Review Middle East
Article Topics
Artificial Lift Carbonates Heavy Oil & Tar Sands
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