Halliburton-Shell joint venture Well-Dynamics reports that Shell Canada has successfully deployed its OptoLog DTS HT fiber optic system to profile temperatures in 18 wells in a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project on its Orion field. The distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology, in operation since September 2007 is installed in 18 wells operating at average temperatures of 240ºC.
Real time
The fiber-based system is used to track the steam front in real time and allows Shell to rapidly identify problems such as unexpected steam breakthrough, cooling, or deterioration of the efficiency of the steam front at particular intervals—allowing decisions can be made in time to impact well production. The Shell Canada installation followed a successful test in 2006 for Japan Canada Oil Sands.
© Oil IT Journal - all rights reserved.