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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Marten Adriaan Buijse, Rijswijk, NL;
Michael Zvi Golombok, Rijswijk, NL;
Antoon Peter Gerardus Van Heel, Rijswijk, NL;
Johannes Gerhardus Maas, Rijswijk, NL;
Hendrik Martinus Wentinck, Rijswijk, NL;
Marcus Stefanus Welling, Rijswijk, NL;
Marten Adriaan Buijse, Rijswijk, NL;
Michael Zvi Golombok, Rijswijk, NL;
Antoon Peter Gerardus Van Heel, Rijswijk, NL;
Johannes Gerhardus Maas, Rijswijk, NL;
Hendrik Martinus Wentinck, Rijswijk, NL;
Marcus Stefanus Welling, Rijswijk, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling water condensation in the pores of a near wellbore region of a permeable formation through which wet natural gas flows into an inflow section of an oil and/or gas production well, the method comprising controlling fluid transfer through the near wellbore region such that development of a water bank resulting from condensation of water in said region is inhibited or promoted. If the well is a gas production well then development of a water bank may be inhibited by controlling pressure drawdown, cyclic well shut in, fracturing and/or injection of heat generating and/or water transporting chemicals.