The objectives were to perform a field study to:

  1. Evaluate geostatistical techniques to integrate data.

  2. Compare reservoir descriptions with and without crosswell tomography data integrated.

  3. Determine if reservoir descriptions constrained by synthetic crosswell tomography data reduce uncertainty, compared to reservoir descriptions not constrained by synthetic tomography data. (i.e., Can the uncertainty in reservoir performance be reduced measurably if cross well tomography is acquired and used as additional data to constrain geostatistical reservoir descriptions?)

  4. Compare geostatistical to conventional reservoir descriptions.

  5. Assess uncertainty of reservoir performance (cumulative oil production, oil production rate, and water-oil ratio) for primary, secondary and tertiary production.

Keywords:
injection, oil production rate, tomographic data, north cowden unit, crosswell tomography data, upstream oil & gas, future performance, information, synthetic crosswell tomography data, production control
Subjects:
Well & Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring, Reservoir Characterization, Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Professionalism, Training, and Education, Information Management and Systems, Communities of practice, Knowledge management
Copyright 1994, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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