SPE-139200-PP

Dina Cretáceos Field Chemical EOR:

From Screening to Pilot Design

J. R. Sandoval, H. Pérez, G. Maya, R. Castro, E.

Muñoz, K. Colmenares, J. Garcia, J. León, F.
Sánchez, D. Villadiego, ECOPETROL S.A. E.
Manrique, J. Romero and M. Izadi and, TIORCO LLC.
 OUTLINE

• Dina Cretaceos field - General Characteristics.

• EOR Process Screening and Identification of

Analog Fields.

• Problem identification and Selection of Pilot

Area.

• Pilot Area Selection and Evaluation.

• Conclusions
Dina Cretaceos field - General
Characteristics

Location of Dina Cretáceos Field (DK), Upper Magdalena Valley

Dina Cretaceos field - General
Characteristics

Main Geological characteristics

¿Is a Good reservoir?
 EOR Process Screening and
Identification of Analog Fields
Cluster 1-2 Cluster 1-3
Method % CO2 Misc.
Method %
N2 Immisc. 30.00
Waterflooding 22.22 CO2 Inmisc.
Surfactant-Polymer 30.00
Surfactant-Polymer 22.22
CO2 Misc. 20.00 Polymer
CO2 Misc. 16.67
Polymer 10.00
Polymer 16.67 Steam
WAG HC Misc. 10.00
CDG 11.11
N2 Inmisc.
ASP 5.56
Cluster 1-1
Cluster 1-4 Steam 5.56 N2 Miscible
Method %
Method % Waterflooding 30.43 Water Flooding
CDG 50.00 CO2 Misc. 17.39 Wag CO2 Misc.
Polymer 22.22 Surfactant-Polymer 13.04
Waterflooding 16.67
CASOS Braken, WY CO2 Immisc. 8.70 Wag Hc Miscibles
Steam 11.11 DINA WAG CO2 Misc. 8.70 Wag N2
WAG HC Misc. 8.70
N2 Misc. 4.35 ASP Floods
Polymer 4.35
SP Floods
WAG N2 Misc. 4.35
Oregon Basin
CDG Projects
– SETPA, WY
DINA - Caso 1
DINA - Caso 2
DINA - Caso 3
Byron DINA - Caso 4
Field, WY DINA - Caso 5
Candy Draw, WY DINA - Caso 6

Rule, WY

69 Projects

Zoom of Cluster 1 (Reservoir Typology) of the Expert Map

showing possible analog fields to Dina Cretáceos field
 Problem identification and
Selection of Pilot Area

Reservoir Injection/Production
Analysis: Cumulative water
injection and cumulative oil
production as of April 2009.

Analysis of injection/production
history data: Production and
injection history.
 Problem identification and
Selection of Pilot Area

Field zonation based

on analysis of
injection / production

Correlation including perforated intervals and

injection logging tests (ILT´s) for a W-E section.

Water injection distribution

in different sands intervals
over the past five years.
 Problem identification and
Selection of Pilot Area
Conceptual numerical simulations to evaluate different EOR processes
• Waterflooding (basic case)
• Gas injection and immiscible water-alternating-gas (WAG)
• Polymer flooding
• Colloidal dispersion gels (CDG’s)
• Surfactant-Polymer injection (SP) and (SP) followed by polymer injection
• CDG’s followed by (SP), (combination of technologies)

Selection of technology to
implement - Incremental recovery
factors obtained with different
EOR processes in 2D numerical
simulations.
 Pilot Area Selection and
Evaluation

Area Selection: Identification

of potential pilot areas for Dynamical Modeling: History matching
CDG injection. for one of the possible pilot areas to
evaluate CDG.

Predictions: Reducing BHP’s in offset

producers (DK-22 and DK-25) of the
pilot area using well DK-04 as injector.
 CONCLUSIONS
• This paper summarizes a basic workflow methodology to effectively evaluate
and implement chemical EOR technologies to revitalize mature water floods.
Starting with an adequate decision framing, availability of data and commitment
of management and decision makers are key elements to perform cost effective
EOR evaluations and implementation is short periods of time.

• Advanced EOR screening methods, identifying field analogs to Dina Cretáceos

Field and preliminary numerical simulation studies were found valuable to
identify most effective EOR technologies and define the decision-risk
framework that facilitated.

• CDG injection in Dina Cretáceos Field will be the first application of the
technology in Colombia. Results of this pilot project will also validate the
potential of CDG in reservoirs similar (analogs) to Dina Field in Colombia.

• The methodology summarized in this paper is part of a larger effort in

Colombia to identify technical and economic feasibility of different EOR
technologies to improve oil recoveries that will contribute to meet Ecopetrol
production goals by year 2015.