Patent ID: 11859472
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 8:
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a computer system operatively coupled to a plug sub-system, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
analyzing, prior to an oil recovery operation, wellbore data to estimate oil and water cuts of areas of a formation, wherein the wellbore data comprises data generated by a horizontal multi-phase production log,
identifying a portion of the blank pipe arranged in high-water producing areas of the formation that have an estimated water cut of at least 50%,
prompting an alignment sub-system to align a plug sub-system with the identified high-water producing area, and
actuating the plug sub-system to cover an opening in the blank pipe.