Gas Storage Bergermeer

Gas Storage Bergermeer
Petroleum Geologische Kring
18 maart 2015
Nout den Boer
Senior Geologist
TAQA Energy B.V.
Dirk Nieuwland
Geomechanics and Seismicity Advisor
TAQA Energy B.V.
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Contents presentation
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TAQA at a glance
Why a Gas Storage
Boekelermeer & Bergermeer Sites
Subsurface
Drilling / Completion Challenges
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TAQA at a glance
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Oil and Gas E&P – Pipelines – Power
Generation – Water Desalination
2013 revenue : $ 7.0 Bn
Assets 31 Dec 2013: $ 33.2 Bn
Employees: 2800
Operating in North America, Europe,
Middle East, North Africa and India
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Founded 2005
Abu Dhabi Government 75 % / Public
Shareholders 25 %
Power generation capacity: 16,395 MW
Water desalination capacity: 887 MIGD
Oil & gas production: 142,400 boe/d
(North America 63% - UK 32% - NL 6%)
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Why a Gas Storage ?
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Waarom een UGS (Underground Gas Storage) ?
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SW
Bergermeer Gas Field
North Sea
Holland
Vlieland
Vlieland
Altena
Altena
Altena
Germanic Trias
Germanic Trias
Bunter
Gas filled
Zechstein
Water
(Source Rock)
Bunter
Zechstein Salt (Seal)
Rotliegend Sandstone(Reservoir)
Carboniferous
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“Gas-roundabout Netherlands”
gasberging
Bergermeer
Gasunie leiding 92 km
Beverwijk - Wijngaarden
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228 bar
Remaining
Gas 1,0
15 bar
Bergermeer GIIP, UR,
CG and WG Volumes
(BCM)
Historic
Production
15,8
15 bar
GIIP = 16.8 BCM
77 bar
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Gas demand in the Netherlands – Capacity BGM
• Average cold winterday :
• Record 7-Feb-2012
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500 MCM/d
545 MCM/d
Decline rate 57 – 27 MCM/d
62 days
Plateau rate 57 MCM/d
30 days
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Boekelermeer & Bergermeer Sites
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TAQA Bergen Concession
3 dune sites
4 polder sites
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Key figures Bergermeer construction
• Total costs :
€ 850 million
• Of which drilling: € 183 million
• 3300 man years work, 2650 in NL
• Long term jobs: 50 in TAQA + 100 indirectly
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Gas Compressors
Gas Coolers
35 kV sub-station
Gas Drying Equipment
Vent Stack
Condensate Handling
150 kV station
Control Room
Boekelermeer Gas Handling Plant
Injection and Production of Gas
• Max 20 new wells (in cellars), injectors/producers
• Work-over existing wells
• Water Injection
• Seismic Monitoring
Bergermeer Well Location
Pipeline crossing Alkmaar – Egmond road
Beeld van de boring van de gastransportleiding onder het Heilooerbos.
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Subsurface
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Cross section
SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN
Bergen / Middelie Area
Present-day distribution and facies map of the Upper Rotliegend Group
(late Middle to early Late Permian) in the Southern Permian Basin
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FACIES DISTRIBUTION
ROTLIEGEND
Overall facies distribution at the onset of
deposition of the Upper Slochteren
Member
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Artist impression of Southern Permian Basin
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Modern Analogue of Transverse Dunes in Maroccan Desert
Dromedary for scale
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Rotliegend
Weissliegend
Rotliegend reservoir BGM: Weisliegend and Rotliegend
OGWC
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Drilling / Completion Challenges:
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Depleted Reservoir (50-80 bar)
Wellbore Stability (overburden and reservoir)
Sand Control
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3D-View
Existing Wells
New Wells
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Predicted Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient well BGM-01
Pressure (bara)
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100
150
200
250
300
350
400
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BGM-01 Stratigraphy
Fracture Pressure
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
Pore Pressure ROSL 70 bar
Pore Pressure ROSL 30 bar
500
Base Upper North Sea
Top Holland Marl
Top Vlieland Shale
Depth mTVSS
1000
Top Keuper
1500
Top Rogenstein
Top ZEUC
Top Platten Dolomite
2.0
2000
Top ROSL
1.8
GWC
Top Carboniferous
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
2500
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RCD
Allows Drill
pipe to enter
pressurized
well
MPD Two Phase System Overview
Safe
Silenced Vent
2 X MPD Chokes
RIG
PUMP’s
RCD
Mud Pits
2 X N2
PUMP
N2 is pumped into the
drilling annulus via a down
hole choke. N2 expands in
the drilling anulus
displacing drilling mud by
volume.
N2 TANKS
BHP is controlled
automated MPD chokes
recieving data from MWD
and a downhole gauge.
DHG
N2 Inj
Valve
N2 is removed from the
drilling mud and vented.
Drilling mud is metered
and returned to the rig
mud pits.
Coriolis
Meter = Mud
Rate &
Density
SHAKER TROUGH
DRILL CUTTINGS
PROCESSING
Mud Pits
Baracarb
reservoir
wellbore
OBM
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Baracarb
Depleted
reservoir
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Cretaceous
Tertiary
Quarternary
Bergermeer Well Designs version 4
North Sea
Holland
20” Surface Casing (into top Vlieland Shale)
Vlieland Shale
Slochteren
Formation
Zechstein
Z1 – Z3
Triassic Formations
7”x 9⅝” Tubing
Aalburg & Sleen
Keuper
Muschelkalk
Muschelkalk Evaporite (salt?)
Upper Röt Claystone
Main Röt Evaporite (salt?)
Sollingen Claystone
Sollingen Sandstone
Bunter Volpriehausen
Lower Bunter Rogenstein
Lower Bunter Main Claystone
13 ⅜” Production Casing
(into top Lower Bunter Main Clay Stone)
Z3 Salt
Swell Packer
Production Packer
Uniflex Liner Hanger
Denotes Cr13 steel
Z2 Salt
9 ⅝” Production Liner
(into top Weissliegend)
Weissliegendes
7” SAS in 8½” Slanted Hole
Rotliegendes
7” SAS in 8½” Sub-horizontal Hole
Open Hole Completion-Sand Control
Screen
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Formation
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BGM-19
BGM-10 ST2
Permeability Log
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51m blank pipe
53m
105m
Swellpacker #4
2932m or lower
Swellpacker #3
2985m or higher
Swellpacker #2
3090m or higher
132m
Swellpacker #1
3222m or higher
195m
Wellbore stability problems in Vlieland and Altena Shales
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Lost 2 holes
Suspended well
Acquired and interpreted geomechanical logs in next well BGM-11
Maximum inclination in Vlieland and Altena: 50 degrees
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Exchange down hole targets of BGM-10 and BGM-18
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Block 1A
Inferred fracture zone
causing total losses
BGM-17 cross-cutting
mid field fault
Block 1B
Block 2
Block 1C
Plan
Actual
Drilling reservoir section
MPD
Single phase OBM
ECD reservoir section (pres 80 bar)
0.57
1.15
Non-horizontal wells
S-shaped
Slanted
Horizontal wells
Weissliegend
Land on 2200 TVNAP
Number of non-horizontal wells
10
11
Number of horizontal wells
5
4
Number of sidetracks
1 (water injector)
1+3
Deliverability horizontal wells
3.2 x 106 m3/d
> 5 x 106 m3/d
Deliverability non-horizontal wells
5 x 106 m3/d
> 5 x 106 m3/d
Drilling costs
182.6 million €
164.6 million €
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19th of June 2015: PGK excursion to Boekelermeer and Bergermeer
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Questions ???
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