... Abstract This study presents an assessment of heterogeneity on vertical and areal scales and discusses the development of methodology for a proposed waterflood scheme in a heavy oil field in Northern Kuwait. The field produces average 15° API crude of 50-100 cp at 100° F. The field has...

..., polymer sweep and impact of back produced polymer on surface facility & the field wet lands (reed beds). The development of the field will take a place in a phased manner in order to reduce the capex exposure, maximize the utilization of existing facility and managing project risks while contributing...

... experience with data-driven and machine learning methods. bitumen injector machine learning complex reservoir Efficiency Artificial Intelligence Upstream Oil & Gas producer production rate decline curve analysis History workflow saturation Kro identification algorithm reservoir oil...

... and the current low oil price environment. Steam injection and allocation then becomes an exercise of optimizing cost, improving productivity and net present value (NPV). As the field matures, producers are faced with declining oil rates and increasing steam oil ratios (SOR). Operators must work to reduce...

... objectives and engaging urban planning and field development with sufficient lead time. This collaborative approach reduces costs for KOC by avoiding rework, missed data collection opportunities or missed value adds if options such as conversion of observers to producers are not considered. Reservoir...

... waterflood and chemical EOR methods. Our studies show that in order to produce oil at an economic rate, long horizontal wells on the order of kilometers or horizontal wells stimulated by acidizing, multistage fracturing, or multiple laterals should be deployed. Vertical wells yield low oil production rates...

... optimization problem trajectory Optimization Result SAGD injector Artificial Intelligence Upstream Oil & Gas NPV Steam Chamber Growth optimized case producer trajectory excursion OCD dual-string case optimization work slotted liner pressure profile port society of petroleum engineers...

... intervention frequent seismic monitoring snapshot SAGD injector enhanced recovery frequency adjustment peace river pad 31 information producer operational change recompletion reservoir injection pad 31 conformance Introduction In heavy oil developments thermal methods are often used...

... reservoirs in addition to proving that waterflooding has successfully improved the recovery of 19 API degree oil in July field. waterflooding Upstream Oil & Gas viscosity simulation model injector reservoir pressure numerical simulation simulator heavy oil reservoir July Field producer...

... 10 acre-7 spot pattern comprising a vertical steam injector surrounded by six vertical oil producers located 125 m from the injector and three observation wells. Five years after the start of injection in the "1P" pilot area, a temporary increase in hot oil production has been observed in one...

... chamber bottom water boundary steam-assisted gravity drainage producer production rate enhanced recovery mechanism reservoir production well Oil Recovery water production steam chamber pressure Downhole Water Sink aquifer pressure Introduction Heavy oils with strong bottom water...

.... The positive results of the first phase encouragement the development of the second and third phases, they consisted in 43 and 33 infill wells, with 200 and 150 meters spacing respectively. In the first cycles, the injection pressure was very high, even in the wells that were produced for 6 months with Sucker...

... injector cold lake well pair sagd design approach temperature response operation steam injection producer thermal method steam-assisted gravity drainage clearwater formation observation well geologic model early field performance testing facility warm-up phase injection ob well producer...

... optimization based on fine barriers (interbed/intrabed) characterization and numerical simulation to avoid rapid coning; 2) borehole PCP lifting and surface de-sanding facilities optimization for sand control. 70 producers have been commissioned from 2004 to 2006 with optimized perforation ratio of 30% (total...

... stimulation or in situ combustion method in order to reduce oil viscosity, increase oil mobility, change the wettabilitiy of the reservoir and also reduce the residual oil saturation. Fracture carbonate reservoirs add more challenge to produce heavy oil, because of dual porosity and severe heterogeneity...

... field thermal method upstream oil & gas thermal surveillance plan eocene reservoir steam-assisted gravity drainage information implementation temperature profile perforation surveillance plan kuwait reservoir society of petroleum engineers steam injection producer surveillance...

... production response thermal method reservoir society of petroleum engineers upstream oil & gas steam injection producer production response producer response Introduction The first Eocene is a carbonate reservoir and it is the shallowest reservoir in the Wafra Field with an average depth...

... injector information objective nd eocene reservoir interpretation configuration saturation steam-assisted gravity drainage pilot objective wafra field producer eocene lsp reservoir surveillance plan aquifer support Introduction The Wafra field is located in the Partitioned Zone...

... Abstract The Paleocene/Eocene age First Eocene dolomite reservoir is estimated to contain than 10 billion barrels of oil of which only a small percentage will be produced during primary development. Consequently, steam flooding is being investigated as an appropriate EOR option. A 1.25-acre...

... field was discovered in 1941 and start producing with primary production in 1958. Steamflood project started in 1985 and reached the peak production of 300,000 barrels oil per day later on late year 1994. Many well technologies have been applied, related to producer well completion and sand control...