Continuously and automatically selecting measurement for production wells with high production and gas-oil ratio

Abstract

To meet the requirements of large-scale and fast production, conventional metering technology will fail in the production well with high production and gas-oil ratio. In this paper, we propose a high degree of automation, unattended, continuously and automatically selecting measurement system, which is mainly consisted of automatic selecting system, continuous metering system, and Remote Terminal Unit(RTU) control system. This continuously automatic metering system has many advantages, such as wide measurement range, high automation, short inversion time, and high measurement accuracy. It has been successfully applied in an oil field metering station in the Middle East, and has achieved good performance. We expect that its extensive promotion will benefit the digitization and automation of future oilfield production.