壳牌海上石油公司的注水二次采油工艺包括将水注入油藏地层来开采石油。
壳牌公司在 8 月 14 日的新闻稿中宣布，壳牌海洋石油有限公司的子公司壳牌海洋石油有限公司已对位于美国墨西哥湾维托油田的注水项目做出最终投资决定 (FID)。
二次采油工艺包括向储层注入水以开采石油，预计将于 2027 年开始，以提高产量。新闻稿称，水将取代的石油转移到相邻的生产井并重新加压储层。
该项目已钻三口注水井作为预生产井。
壳牌（拥有 63.11% 的权益，为运营商）和Equinor（拥有 36.89%）于 2018 年 4 月宣布了 Vito 开发项目的 FID。第一批石油于 2023 年 2 月产出。
壳牌综合天然气及上游业务总监 Zo毛 Yujnovich 表示：“随着时间的推移，我们在寻找填补墨西哥湾枢纽资源的方法时看到了注水带来的好处。”
Vito 注水项目将使 Vito 的可采资源量增加 6000 万桶油当量。
2009 年 7 月，人们在路易斯安那州离岸约 75 英里、水深超过 4,000 英尺的水域发现了 Vito。该油田位于壳牌运营的 Mars TLP 以南 10 英里处。
Shell Offshore’s waterflood secondary recovery process involves injecting water into the reservoir formation to extract oil.
Shell Plc subsidiary Shell Offshore Inc. has taken final investment decision (FID) on a waterflood project at the Vito field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the company announced in a Aug. 14 press release.
The secondary recovery process involves injecting water into the reservoir formation to extract oil and is expected to begin in 2027 for enhanced volume capacity. Water moves displaced oil to adjacent production wells and re-pressurizes the reservoirs, according to the release.
Three water injection wells were drilled as pre-producers for the project.
Shell (operator with 63.11% interest) and Equinor (36.89%) announced FID for the Vito development in April 2018. First oil was achieved in February 2023.
"Over time, we've seen the benefits of waterflood as we look to fill our hubs in the Gulf of Mexico," said Zoë Yujnovich, Shell integrated gas and upstream director.
The Vito waterflood project will grow Vito’s recoverable resource volume by 60 MMboe.
Vito was discovered in July 2009 in more than 4,000 ft of water about 75 miles offshore Louisiana. Its location is 10 miles south of the Shell-operated Mars TLP.