Reservoir Management in the Means San Andres Unit

Stiles, L.H.; Magruder, J.B.

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“…Another cost effective reservoir development practice was to improve the volumetric sweep efficiency through the realignment of the injection and production wells (Zambrano et al, 1992). Surveillance of the secondary and tertiary Schiltz et al, 1984;Rowe et al, 1982 Twofreds (Delaware) Unit ( Christian et al, 1981;Langston and Shirer, 1983;Lawrence et al, 2002Garber (1916 CO 2 5-spot pilot ( Schiltz et al, 1984 recovery through performance monitoring, data acquisition and vertical conformance monitoring was reported to be an effective management strategy for mature fields (Stiles and Magruder, 1995). Reservoir characterization attempts for developing mature fields are also applied commonly.…”

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Development of mature oil fields — A review

Babadagli

2007

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

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Development of mature oil fields — A review

Babadagli

2007

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

167

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“…As a simple example, opportunities for producing bypassed oil in a sheet-like reservoir in a mature field will be different compared to producing bypassed oil from narrow, tortuously connected channel deposits. Examples of complexity associated with production of mature reservoirs are numerous (Stiles, 1976;George and Stiles, 1978;Barber et al, 1983;Stiles and Magruder, 1992;Gould and Sarem, 1989;Barber et al, 1983).…”

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Why Is Reservoir Architecture an Insignificant Uncertainty in Many Appraisal and Development Studies of Clastic Channelized Reservoirs?

Larue

Hovadik²

2008

Journal of Petroleum Geology

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To address uncertainty, models created for appraisal and development studies try to capture the full range of possible rock and fluid properties, and reservoir and structural architecture. Using experimental designs, each parameter can be varied to indicate how uncertainty for the parameter affects the outcome (for example, recovery after 30 years). In numerous models in appraisal and development studies, stratigraphic or reservoir architecture is not recognized as a significant uncertainty. This is a concern for two reasons. First, reservoir architecture is known to be an important parameter influencing oil production. It is puzzling that experimental design studies indicate it is not a significant uncertainty. Second, building geologically realistic earth models can involve months of time and can impact timelines for development projects. If reservoir architecture is in fact a non-significant uncertainty, perhaps detailed modelling could be postponed. The current study addresses in what situations reservoir architecture is important in appraisal and development studies. Reservoir architecture characteristics considered are net to gross, channel orientation, channel stacking pattern, channel sinuosity, channel width/thickness, type of architectural element, influence of shale units within channel fills, influence of channel drapes at the base of channels, presence of other facies, influence of valley fills, and sheet geometries. Two field characterizations were studied using the same workflow, and results are compared with results of conceptual modelling studies.For studies of recovery uncertainty, it is shown here that models that look to be very different may have similar dynamic performances because of similar reservoir connectivities and path lengths. Moreover, it is shown that the elements of reservoir architecture investigated (channel width/thickness ratio, sinuosity, orientation, thickness, element type) do not control recovery efficiency to a large degree unless reservoir connectivity is impacted. Reservoir architecture may not be an important uncertainty in appraisal and development studies unless reservoir connectivity or tortuosity are affected. Although reservoir architecture may not represent a key uncertainty in appraisal and development studies, it may well be a significant uncertainty for well planning in mature fields.

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Petroleum reservoir management processes

Satter¹,

Iqbal²

2016

Reservoir Engineering

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Reservoir Management in the Means San Andres Unit

Cited by 8 publications

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Development of mature oil fields — A review

Development of mature oil fields — A review

Why Is Reservoir Architecture an Insignificant Uncertainty in Many Appraisal and Development Studies of Clastic Channelized Reservoirs?

Petroleum reservoir management processes

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