What happens to the total fluid production and water cut as a result of the Titan Process?
The water cut often decreases as a result of increased oil production and redistribution of injected water to un-swept portions of the reservoir. Typical performance on a producing well may result in an increase in water cut for the first 10 days to three weeks following treatment followed by a “step-change” in oil production. Water injection treatments behave differently as the microbes free trapped oil and push it toward the adjacent producing wells. As the freed oil moves toward the producers, the producing wells will show a decrease in water cut with an associated increase in oil production. The timing is dependent on the “transit time” between injectors and producers. We have seen this time-lag generally take from two weeks to six months, but this is entirely dependent on reservoir flow characteristics and volumetrics.
