Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Produced water balance tool
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Application No.: US17053700Application Date: 2019-05-10
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Publication No.: US11920453B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Stuart William Day , Christopher Kylie Mair
- Applicant: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Middlesex
- Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Middlesex
- Agency: CONLEY ROSE, P.C.
- Priority: EP 171707 2018.05.10
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/062060 2019.05.10
- International Announcement: WO2019/215332A 2019.11.14
- Date entered country: 2020-11-06
- Main IPC: E21B43/38
- IPC: E21B43/38 ; E21B43/16 ; E21B43/20 ; G01V3/38

Abstract:
A method of dynamically allocating a total amount of produced water (PW) from a reservoir during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) via a low salinity or softened water EOR flood by receiving measurement data; receiving reservoir configuration information comprising: an EOR injection rate associated with one or more EOR injection zones, a disposal zone injection rate associated with one or more disposal injection zones, and a non-reinjection disposal rate associated with one or more non-reinjection disposal routes; determining a blending rate comprising at least a portion of the PW production rate and at least a portion of the low salinity or softened water injection rate to provide a blended injection fluid; blending at least a portion of the PW with at least a portion of the low salinity or softened water at the blending rate; and dynamically allocating the PW production rate among injection and/or non-reinjection routes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210215030A1 Produced Water Balance Tool Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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