Engineering Professionalism: A Means of Growth and Change

Hickman, T. Scott

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“…Over the years it has been felt that present system needs a change for efficient functioning. In order to improve the decision-making process, inculcating the better working culture and efficiency and for overall development, multi disciplinary team concept has now been embraced 12,13,14 . The MDT has been formed comprising of professionals from geology, petrophysics, reservoir and production disciplines.…”

Section: Reservoir Management With Multidisciplinary Team (Mdt)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Development Strategy and Reservoir Management of a Multilayered Giant Offshore Carbonate Field

Tewari

Rao

Raju

2000

Proceedings of SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition

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TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractThe reservoir performance and management of the Bombay High field with 25 years of production history has been reviewed. Bombay High is one of the most complex fields in terms of reservoir heterogeneity. The major reservoir (L-III) is multilayered with 10 limestone layers of 5-10m thick which are separated by 2 to 5m shale. More than 600 development wells, both producers and injectors have been drilled. The very nature of this giant field and large and aging facilities have necessitated frequent reviews and changes in the development strategy of the field. The field is in the decline phase and has associated problems like increase in water cut and high GOR, which in-turn is effecting the oil production. Pressure maintenance by water injection is uneven in the reservoir due to heterogeneity. Problems being faced are differential depletion of sub-layers and associated poor primary cementation and mud losses during drilling of infill wells.Infill drilling through available spare slots and side-tracking/redrilling of the existing wells, drilling of horizontal wells, drainholes and ERD have been taken up to increase the production and also to augment the water injection. Massive well intervention programs like water shut off and gas shut off are being taken up to reduce the excess water and gas production. The paper also discusses, the utilization of tools like Downhole video and PLT for problem identification, Ball sealer for selective stimulation and Gel treatment for controlling excessive water and gas production, water flood surveillance programs and facilities optimization.Sectorial approach, adopted for reservoir management has helped, in better well level monitoring, which becomes very essential in mature fields like Bombay High, in the identification of pressure sinks and better voidage compensation, fluid movements and design of well intervention programs and facilities optimization.A multi-disciplinary team concept has been embraced for better reservoir management. The advantages of multidisciplinary teams, which are working for the re-development plan, with detailed/improved reservoir characterization, incorporating the 3D seismic data and reservoir simulation model, is highlighted.

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Section: Reservoir Management With Multidisciplinary Team (Mdt)mentioning

confidence: 99%