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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Ammal F. Al-Anazi, Dammam, SA;

James Arukhe, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/02 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0057 (2013.01); E21B 34/02 (2013.01); E21B 43/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for managing water disposal include circulating a mixed water-oil liquid in a pipeline from a water-oil separation plant toward at least one disposal well that includes a wellbore formed from a terranean surface to a subterranean formation; determining, based on a sampling of the mixed water-oil liquid by an OIW meter, an amount of oil in the mixed water-oil liquid; based on the amount of oil being within a desired amount range: controlling each a choke valve and a surface safety valve to modulate toward an open position, and controlling a recycle valve to modulate to a closed position; and based on the amount of oil being outside of the desired amount range: controlling the choke valve and the surface safety valve to modulate toward a closed position, and controlling the recycle valve to modulate to an open position.


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