Schlumberger install world's first intelligent completion in South Java Sea

Houston-based service company Schlumberger Oilfield Services said on Friday that it had recently successfully designed, drilled and completed the world's first TAML (Technology Advancement for Multilaterals) Level 6 intelligent completion in the South Java Sea, in South East Sumatra PSC area, which is operated by CNOOC.

The two-leg multilateral well was drilled and completed from the NE Intan "A" platform in approximately 75 feet of water. The NE Intan A-24 well is the first ever TAML Level 6 multilateral well drilled in Indonesia and the world's first intelligent completion in a multilateral Level 6 well.

"The seamless integration of all products, services and expertise required to engineer, procure and deploy such a complex completion was a key factor in the award of the work to Schlumberger," said Doug Park, Technical Exploitation Manager, CNOOC.

Schlumberger used RapidSeal multilateral system to execute the project. Implementation of the intelligent completion included use of a Schlumberger (Reda) electrical submersible pump to optimize oil flow from the wellbore, two downhole flow control valves to minimize water influx and selectively control the flow from either leg, downhole well sensors that provide real-time temperature and pressure readings from both legs of the well, as well as a multiphase flow meter at surface to monitor well performance.

CNOOC's implementation of multilateral technology also has enabled the company to optimize the use of a limited number of well slots on its existing platforms, in addition to the benefits of improved production, oil recovery and field economics.

The TAML Level 6 is the highest rating given in the TAML multilateral rating system. A Level 6 junction provides both pressure and mechanical integrity to the well and allows selective access to either branch of the multilateral.(alex)