Mariner Field : a challenging UK heavy oil development

1. Technical meeting and networking buffet • Mariner Field : a challenging UK heavy oil development • Ingolf Soreide & Simone Silcock, Statoil VENUE Aberdeen Douglas Hotel, 43-45 Market Street, Aberdeen AB11 5EL Wednesday 25th September 2013 6.30pm to 8.30pm Car Parks: Union Square Car Park, Market Street. NCP Shiprow Car Park, Shiprow, Aberdeen AB11 5BY; College Street Car Park, AB11 6FD; Trinity Mall Car Park AB11 6BE; COST SPE/EI Members £20 Non-members £25 Student £5 – Must be booked via your Student Chapter ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL! BOOK - Online at www.rodgerandco.com Late Bookings Booking within 24 hours or on the door – £5.00 supplement No student rate at door Details www.spe-uk.org Mariner is a large, offshore heavy oil discovery located in block UK-9/11, south-east of Shetland and west of the Beryl Field. Production start is scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. The reservoir development strategy is based on the re-injection of produced water. The production well design includes Electrical Submersible Pumps for artificial lift and inflow control devices to reduce water influx. Sub-surface challenges to be handled include early water breakthrough via the production of heavy oil and the mapping of complex reservoir geometries associated with remobilized Heimdalsands. New seismic data, incorporating the latest acquisition and processing techniques, is emerging and a polymer flooding study has commenced in a bid to maximize the EOR potential of the Mariner field. Thanks to 2013-14 programme sponsor