TRONDHEIM, NORWAY (May 4, 2010) – RESMAN equipped production well in the Valhall field with its new tracer-based wireless technology to monitor oil and water inflow. RESMAN has proven its technology in pilots in the North Sea and filled several orders to international oil company’s world wide.
The company has developed a completely new range of tracers with ultra low detection limits that enable the customers to monitor inflow of oil and water over a longer period of time. In the Valhall case the main objective is to identify in which production zone water and oil is entering the well. The well came on production October 2009 and an extensive sampling with following analyzes is executed. Tracers from all installed systems are detected on top side.
“The Valhall field has a history of well collapses and influx failures. The new technology with permanent chemical tracers gives us indication of zones are contributing without using well interventions. The tracer response data are currently used for evaluation of completion solution and planning of next intervention on the well, says Kirsten Lootz, Sr. Petroleum Eng in BP Norge.
“We are proud of becoming a supplier to BP, one of the oil majors of the world, and we look forward to bringing value to their Valhall field. RESMAN is becoming a household name in the industry and we are growing our organization and capabilities to meet the steadily increasing demand for wireless well inflow monitoring.” ends RESMAN VP Sales Oddvar Solemsli.