Not only is it important to track how much water we're producing, depending on the make-up of our operations it also might be important to know:

And, because there are so many scenarios around water production, we've settled on the term 'Water Meter' to represent (and track) the movement of water.💧

But don't let the broad nomenclature deceive you! 🎭

When set up correctly, Water Meters are as can track anything we throw at 'em: Salt Water Disposal Wells (SWDs), Transfer Meters to/from the facility, Injection Wells and even full-field enhanced oil recovery (EOR) water flood operations! 💪🏼

With the groundwork now laid, let's dive in!

When producing water into tanks, there's generally two ways to remove water from the tank battery:

That said, when a Water Tank is set up, it's an important point to note that the water level in the tank can't be dropped unless a Water Haul Ticket is added to the tank (this is an important fail safe to make sure your pumpers are submitting correct data each day...)

However, as soon as we add a 'Water Meter' to the Battery, the GreaseBook recognizes that water is either being disposed of, injected, or transferred from the tank.

And, the app will now let your pumpers drop tank levels without a Water Haul Ticket.

The GreaseBook takes updated measurements from ALL water facilities at the Battery (both Water Tanks and Water Meters) into account when calculating total water production for the day.

That said, keep in mind the app will also roll up these production totals to the Battery Group, Lease / Collection Point, and Company levels.

And because the daily measurements from all Water Tanks and Water Meters are automatically combined when calculating your daily water production total for the Battery, this begs the question, "what if I'm bringing water into the battery from a different facility and don't want this water to interfere with my produced totals at the Battery, Battery Group, Lease, or Company Level?!"

If that's the case, to keep things separate (and avoid double-counting), simply spin up a Custom Variable for the Inbound Water Meter.

That way, not only is both your inbound and outbound water tracked separately but we can also take advantage of sum outbound totals of multi-meter water facilities (ex: multiple injection wells for a water flood...) 🔫 💦

To set up the Water Meter in a Battery, click on Settings > Batteries. Select which Battery you'd like to add a Water Meter to and click the green '+' button.

On this new window you can enter all the necessary details of your Water Meter:

By default, the water meter will run on Cumulative Mode, this can be unselected.

Cumulative Mode Selected: finds the daily difference between sequential Water Meter measurements (ex: daily sequential entries of 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 signifies 100 bbls of production for each day for the Water Meter...)

Cumulative Mode NOT Selected: whatever Water Meter measurement entered is simply applied to the daily total (ex: daily sequential entries of 100, 100, 100, 100 signifies 100 bbls of production for each day for the Water Meter....)

Compute Negative: Calculates injected water as a negative value against your produced water. Your overall water balance will calculate as Balance = Produced - Injected.

Production Application: Do you want this meter to count towards production, or just a reporting unit?

Production Type: You can either select for production to calculate total production or take the last entry (if you're NOT using cumulative mode).

In addition to customizing your Water Meters to match how you operate in the field, GreaseBook now enables you to customize how your produced water is calculated.

Click the f(x) button next to the Water Meter section and choose exactly how you want your produced water to calculate.

To add a Water Meter reading, simply click the '+' next to the Water Meter to which you'd like to add a measurement:

A window will open with the options to add date, reading or water total, and tubing and casing pressure. The water meter can also be Re-zero when the totalizer on the equipment reaches a max or is serviced and ultimately reset.
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