The document discusses three real-time monitoring systems developed through a partnership between Ecopetrol and JPT: 1) A smart water cut monitor that measures water cut, pressure, and temperature from wells and facilities in real time. 2) A smart water quality monitoring device that continuously measures water quality parameters. 3) A system to monitor reservoir parameters like pressure, temperature, and deviation in real time from injector and producer wells. The systems were designed and developed locally in Colombia to optimize efficiency, costs and production through early problem detection and response. Future developments discussed are a real-time multiphase flow meter and permanent production logging tool.

1. CASE HISTORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL TIME
MONITORING AND EARLY ALERT SYSTEMS TO
OPTIMIZE EFFICIENCY, COSTS AND PRODUCTION
SUCCESFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMART WATER CUT
MONITORING SYSTEM AND A SYSTEM TO MONITOR
RESERVOIR PARAMETERS IN REAL TIME BETWEEN
ECOPETROL AND JPT
JPT- Juan Torne, Luz Adriana Plazas, Fabio Bahos, Carlos Andrade.
ICP- Álvaro Prada, Andrés Mantilla, Raúl Triana, Jorge Prada, Gerson
Pérez, Ruth Páez, German Castillo, Zaida León, Martin Sandoval
Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo

2. Summary
• Introduction.
• Technology development in Colombia.
• Smart water cut monitor, pressure and temperature
(SWC).
• Smart water quality monitoring device (ECO-SWQ).
• System to monitor reservoir parameters in real time
(PTD).
• Future developments: Real Time multiphase surface
meter and Real Time permanent PLT.

3. “You can’t manage what you can’t measure” - E. Deming
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”- Lord Kelvin.
Introduction
"In God we trust, all others must bring
data."- E. Deming

4. Introduction
“The digital oilfield future starts with real time measurements”
COST EFICIENCE
Real-Time Monitoring
RELIABILITYAFFORDABLE
LOCAL SUPPORT LOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL STAFF

5. SUCCESFUL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN
ECOPETROL AND JPT
SWC – PTD – SWQ
Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo

6. Technology development in
Colombia
Ecopetrol had the strategic decision through ICP (Instituto Colombiano del
Petróleo) to develop technology in partnership with local companies oriented
to practical and applied technology development for the needs in Colombia
with international standards.

7. Smart water cut monitor, pressure and
temperature (SWC).
Hybrid:
• Resistive
• Capacitive
INFORMATION DISPLAY
: Permanent variation of water cut

8. Smart water cut monitor, pressure and
temperature (SWC).
STRATEGY: water cut meters in-line and
permanent
Each well of high
potential
Groups of lower
potential wells

9. Smart water cut monitor, pressure and
temperature (SWC).
Correlation with lab test:

10. Smart water cut monitor, pressure and
temperature (SWC).
Technology
made in
Colombia.
Applications:
• Well heads and Well test Monitoring.
• Monitoring production fields.
• Oil skimming.
• Desalter optimization.
• 3-phase separator performance.

11. Smart water cut monitor, pressure and
temperature (SWC).
Ecopetrol President's visit to ICP -Exposure of the first prototypes developed

12. Smart water quality monitoring device
(ECO-SWQ).
Water quality permanent monitoring to
reduce reaction time to an eventuality
:
• Temperature
• Oils (mg-L)
• Total suspended solids (mg-L)
• Turbidity (NTU)
• PH

13. Smart water quality monitoring device
(ECO-SWQ).
Technology
made in
Colombia.
STRATEGY: Permanent water quality meters in
Dumping
ASA
Water treatment pools
Benefits:
• Water quality online monitoring.
• Better reaction Time to water quality
situations.
• Tranquility in the operation
of the field.
• Compliance with
environmental regulations.

14. System to monitor reservoir
parameters in real time (PTD).
• Pressure
• Temperature
• Deviation
• Real Time
• Permanent
: Get injectivity records from P-T monitoring

15. System to monitor reservoir
parameters in real time (PTD).
Tests on water wells.
STRATEGY: Permanent PTD to monitor reservoir
Injector wells Production wells

16. System to monitor reservoir
parameters in real time (PTD).
Technology
made in
Colombia.

17. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Real Time Multiphase Surface Meter And Real Time
Permanent PLT
Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo

18. Real Time Multiphase Surface
Meter
In-Line
Permanent
Real Time Monitoring
Identification:
• Percentage of each phase
• Speed of each phases
Phase identification:
• Oil
• Gas
• Water
Speed of phases:
• Oil
• Gas
• Water
Real-TimeMonitoring

19. Real Time Permanent PLT
• Permanent
• Real Time Monitoring
• Production Logging Tool

20. Patents

21. Thanks…
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