The General Petroleum Company (GPC) announced that it has succeeded in increasing its production from the Eocene reservoir, which is known to be an unconventional reservoir, by using acid activation technique.
The company’s work team succeeded in using a new method to pump acid at specific rates at specific distances and with a specific direction. This led to maximizing the productivity of the Eocene reservoir in the FF area, so that Eocene production rose to an initial production exceeding 700 barrels per day (bbl/d) after its production on that offshore platform reached zero.
Mohamed Abdel Mageed, the Chairman of the company, explained that this success is due to the complete integration between the company’s existing expertise and the use of modern technologies, as the company’s expertise developed some electrical recordings and combined them to develop a new recording – known as iCore – which was used for the first time in the world in the fields of the General Petroleum Company, which contributed to a better understanding of the nature of the reservoirs and then optimal use of acid activation.
This success story opens the way to repeating it to maximize production from the Eocene reservoir, which is one of the most important reservoirs that companies operating in the petroleum sector need to produce from.
Additionally, Abdel Mageed explained that the company has achieved another achievement, as it succeeded in developing a local demulsifier using mostly local raw materials.
The product has proven its efficiency in field experiments with a success rate of 100% compared to the imported product, saving EGP 15000 per barrel.
This step is a major support for the country’s efforts to reduce dependence on imports, as the product is expected to save more than EGP 20 million annually when it is distributed in the company’s fields in Sinai, and this number will double to reach EGP75 million when used in all the company’s fields, with plans to expand its use in sister companies, which will enhance the national economy.
