Diseño de pozos multilaterales para las condiciones de la Cuenca costa afuera de la Guajira en el Caribe Colombiano

This article proposes the design of a multilateral well on the Tayrona area conditions located in the Guajira Offshore basin that belongs to the Colombian Caribbean. This zone has a strategic importance for Colombia, because is where the Orca-1 well was drilled, integrating a substantial gas reservo...

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Main Authors: Ariza León, Emiliano, Ortiz Riaño, Daniel Sebastián, Rodríguez Turizo, Geovanni, Cabrera Tovar, Jairo Humberto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidad Industrial de Santander 2022
Subjects:
Uis
Online Access:https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafuentes/article/view/13930
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Summary:This article proposes the design of a multilateral well on the Tayrona area conditions located in the Guajira Offshore basin that belongs to the Colombian Caribbean. This zone has a strategic importance for Colombia, because is where the Orca-1 well was drilled, integrating a substantial gas reservoir detection in 2014, which is a project with great development potential, that can help meet the energy needs of the country, where Ecopetrol, Petrobras, and Repsol are contributing. Reviewed to know about the technique of drilling multilateral wells, perform an analysis of the conventional and modern existing alternatives and both the environmental and operational variables influencing the drilling of this kind of offshore wells. In addition, a research study of environmental and geological conditions of the interest area, the Colombian Guajira offshore, was carried out to determine the feasibility of the application of this technology. The design of the multilateral well UIS-OFF-MO1 was proposed, with two opposite branches to increase production in the reservoir in which Orca-1 well is situated, to increase the drainage area and contact an area of the reservoir, which is separated by a normal no-flow fault. En este artículo propone el diseño de un pozo multilateral para las condiciones del área Tayrona ubicado en la cuenca Offshore de la Guajira que pertenece al Caribe colombiano. Esta zona tiene una importancia estratégica para Colombia, ya que es donde se perforó el pozo Orca-1, integrando un importante yacimiento de detección de gas en 2014, que es un proyecto con gran potencial de desarrollo, que puede ayudar a satisfacer las necesidades energéticas del país, donde han explorado Ecopetrol, Petrobras y Repsol. Se ha revisado la técnica de perforación de pozos multilaterales, realizando un análisis de las alternativas convencionales y modernas existentes y las variables tanto ambientales como operativas que influyen en la perforación de este tipo de pozos marinos. Además, se realizó un estudio de investigación ...