Emerson, in partnership with Metrol, a battery-powered wireless well monitoring provider, has launched the Intelligent Multistage Completion Network (IMCN)
The IMCN is an integrated upper and lower downhole solution that communicates wirelessly with instruments at the reservoir sandface, the physical interface between the formation and the wellbore.
The manufacturing company noted that this is enabled by a new wireless interface that generates crucial zonal flow information and sandface monitoring in the lower completion.
Geir Aanensen, vice-president and general manager for Emerson’s flow solutions business, said, “For many operators, the sandface and lower completion have simply been considered ‘off limits’ for acquiring accurate multi-zone information’ – too much risk, too costly and too complex.”
“With our new wireless interface that enables connection to sandface data and flow control instruments from Metrol, operators will have unrivalled insights into the reservoir’s flow characteristics, access to valuable data and the ability to optimise reservoir production management. Combining Roxar and Metrol technologies will ensure the highly efficient well and reservoir management while providing a life-of-well, permanent hybrid silicon on insulator (HS) gauge installation,” he added.
The IMCN builds on the capabilities of the existing integrated downhole network that has been installed in wells worldwide and uses wireless telemetry to enable communication with sensors and controls located at the reservoir.
The company stated that the new downhole reservoir network solution includes:
-A permanent gauge installation providing life-of-well data and cost-effective, low-risk access to diagnostics data from the reservoir section of a well
-The ability to retrieve pressure and temperature data from multiple reservoir sands in a pilot hole
-Online zonal flow data measurements without having to reduce flow rates and without the limitations of intervention-based systems, with the added ability to wirelessly operate flow control valves in multiple locations in response to zonal data acquisition.
-The fast and seamless installation of the interface to the network with no additional penetrators (wet mates, connectors, tubing for fibre, etc.) to go through the defined well barriers (thereby significantly reducing risk) and no additional hardware requirements to the topside or subsea control system.
