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 Baker Oil Tools Equalizer Flow Technology

EQUALIZERTM Technology

The EQUALIZER™ flow regulation system combines EXCLUDER2000™ premium screen technology for superior sand control and a unique inflow-control device that extends well longevity by delaying water or gas coning in long horizontal wells. Additionally, the inflow-control devices' ability to greatly reduce annular flow further enhances the product???s sand control capability.

Using computer modeling, the EQUALIZER system is configured with the optimum combination of cross-sectional area, number of flow channels, and lengths of flow channels to provide the most effective pressure drop versus varying flow rate characteristics, to balance well inflow from a particular formation. The system is applicable in a variety of situations, including:

  • Horizontal wells with high PI to delay the water front or gas coning as well as boosting production from the toe of the lateral section and low permeability zones
  • Horizontal water injectors for more evenly distributed pressure profiles
  • High viscosity crude
  • Multilateral wells for optimizing branch flow
  • Close proximity to water/gas caps

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News Releases

Technical Papers
2008
  October SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium Providing Floating Capabilities in Latest-Generation Sand Screens
  October SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition Well Productivity and Oil Recovery Enhancement in East and West Siberian Fields as a Result of Inflow Control Technology and Application
  August IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition Well Productivity and Oil Recovery Enhancement in East and West Siberian Fields as a Result of Inflow Control Technology and Application
  June Europec/EAGE Conference and Exhibition Next-Generation Sand Screen Enables Drill-In Sandface Completions
  February SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control Equalization of the Water Injection Profile of a Subsea Horizontal Well: A Case History
2007
  November SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Examining Erosion Potential of Various Inflow Control Devices To Determine Duration of Performance
2006
  November IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition The Evolution of Advanced Well Completions Results in Enhanced Well Productivity and Recovery in Saudi Aramco's Offshore Fields
  September SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Means for Passive Inflow Control Upon Gas Breakthrough
  September SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Worlds First Gravel-Packed Uniform Inflow Control Completion
  September SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Uniform Inflow Completion System Extends Economic Field Life: A Field Case Study and Technology Overview
  June SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition Case Study: The Application of Inflow Control Devices in the Troll Oil Field
  June SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition Advanced Completion Technology Creates a New Reality for Common Oilfield Myths
  May SPE Technical Symposium of Saudi Arabia Section Integrating Advanced Well Completion Technology Improved Well Performance & Maximized Recovery – Case History
  April SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery Increasing Oil Recovery by Preventing Early Water and Gas Breakthrough in a West Brae Horizontal Well: A Case History
  April 4th Mediterranean Offshore Conference Increasing Oil Recovery and Completion Longevity by Applying Uniform Inflow Completion Systems in Horizontal Wells
2005
  May Offshore Technology Conference New Technology Applications to Extend Field Economic Life by Creating Uniform Flow Profiles in Horizontal Wells: Case Study and Technology Overview
  November International Petroleum Technology Conference New Technology Applications to Increase Oil Recovery by Creating Uniform Flow Profiles in Horizontal Wells: Case Studies and Technology Overview
  December SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific Integration of New Open Hole Zonal Isolation Technology Contributes to Improved Reserve Recovery and Revision in Industry Best Practices
2002
  October European Petroleum Conference An Investigation of the Economic Benefit of Inflow Control Devices on Horizontal Well Completions Using a Reservoir-Wellbore Coupled Model
Articles
2008
  October JPT "Resevoir-Optimized Completions"
  August World Oil "Equalization of the Water Injection Profile of a Subsea Horizontal Well"
Anderson da S. Amaral, Jody Augustine, Knut Henriksen
2007
  November Hart's E&P "Less Water, More Oil: Innovative Resevoir Optimized Completions"
  October Hart's E&P "Inflow Control Technology Dispels Oilfield Myths"
Jody Augustine, Eugene Ratterman
2005
  October Oil and Gas Eurasia "Uniform Inflow Control Systems that Improve Field Economics"
Gene Ratterman, Benn Voll, Giovanni Salerno
  July Hart's E&P "Controlling the flow"
Giovanni Salerno, Benn Voll, Gene Ratterman
Awards

1999 Hart’s E&P Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation

Baker Oil Tools received the Hart’s E&P Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation for the EQUALIZER™ production management system in 1999. The award is given for the world’s best new tools and techniques for finding, drilling, and producing oil and gas wells. Entries are judged on innovation of concept or design; ability to solve an actual oilfield problem; and potential for improving profitability, safety or efficiency.