PROPOSED METHODOLOGY FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING WATER-OIL RATIO AT POTIGUAR BASIN
Water-oil ratio; Produced Water; Control Charts; ARIMA
Currently, petroleum is the most widely used energy source in the world, but the biggest residue from production is the produced water (PW). This water, has no commercial value and needs treatment to be destined for disposal or for reinjection during the recovery methods. In this way, the water produced management becomes costly and, therefore, needs tools that support it. Therefore, the present work proposes a water oil ratio continuous monitoring methodology, aiming to subsidize the field viability decision. The water-oil ratio data are autocorrelated, which generates the need to fit a model, which minimizes this correlation, for the control charts application. In this way, the data were adjusted according to ARIMA models and the control charts were elaborated based on the resulting residues. The control charts studied were the mean chart, CUSUM and EWMA. After this application, uncontrollers will be simulated to evaluate the performance of each charts in order to determine the best monitoring method.