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AbstractThe 21 Sand reservoir in the Mahogany field has a 63-75 ft oil leg overlain by a gas cap and underlain by water. In order to utilize reservoir energy and efficiently develop the field, the oil reserves must be recovered prior to producing the gas which is dedicated to the Atlantic Liquified Natural Gas plant in Trinidad. A horizontal well program was planned to develop the oil leg. An in-house reservoir simulator was used to predict performance of the oil wells.The 21 Sand is 400' thick and has been segregated into 7 stratigraphic intervals. One hundred and twenty feet (120 ft) of core was acquired through these intervals and the petrophysical properties were measured on representative plug samples. This data was then correlated to well log data. Porosity-permeability flow units were then derived for optimum well placement. Modified-Lorenz plots (Ref. 1) were used to identify the units that would contribute to the flow and those that would act as baffles. Three dimensional visualisation models were then used to place the horizontal wells in high quality reservoir rock. Additionally, placement of the development wells for the deep gas reservoirs was designed to provide vital structural and stratigraphic information for potential heel and toe points for horizontal drilling.This paper describes how all this work was compiled into a simulation model which has successfully predicted the current well producing rates and pressure draw down.
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