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What is best practice to shut water from a hydrocarbon producing zone in a horizontal well?

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Question added by Nazeer Ahmed Baloch , Senior Engineer (Production , OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Date Posted: 2014/12/22
Nazeer Ahmed Baloch
by Nazeer Ahmed Baloch , Senior Engineer (Production , OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

But how does this work in case of horizontal well with open hole completion?

Gravity segregation, gravity drive will be useful.  density calculations may also help

 

The best solution is decreasing the production rate until we drill a new well or until we make sidetracking to pull all the water.

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