Progress and Prosperity-English - Kuwait Oil Company
Progress and Prosperity-English - Kuwait Oil Company
Progress and Prosperity-English - Kuwait Oil Company
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<strong>Progress</strong> & <strong>Prosperity</strong>2- Development of <strong>Oil</strong> Production Reservoirs:The primary objective of reservoir engineeringis to cost effectively optimize the hydrocarbonrecovery through efficient strategicplanning <strong>and</strong> reservoir management.The <strong>Company</strong> therefore, has undertaken along-term study of the condition <strong>and</strong> behaviorof the oil reservoirs.These studies have become more complicatedwith time. The utilization of new technologies<strong>and</strong> industry modern techniques isvery essential in order to efficiently constructdevelopment plans <strong>and</strong> production strategy.The studies identify the point of force <strong>and</strong>the attributes of a reservoir that control theflow of liquids <strong>and</strong> gases within the reservoirrock <strong>and</strong> into production wells.Reservoir Definition:Reservoir is a subsurface layer having sufficientporosity <strong>and</strong> permeability to store <strong>and</strong>transmit economic quantities of hydrocarbonfluids. <strong>Oil</strong>, gas <strong>and</strong> water contained in thislayer are usually sealed by a relatively impermeableformation through which hydrocarbonswill not flow. Reservoir rock could beeither s<strong>and</strong>stone or carbonates.Areas contribute to enhance Reservoir Development:1- Reservoir rock type (s<strong>and</strong>stone or carbonate)<strong>and</strong> its properties (porosity <strong>and</strong> permeability).2- Fluid properties (viscosity, associated gas,API density…).3- Reservoir geological model showing rock<strong>and</strong> properties distribution.4- Production mechanism (solution gas drive,gas cap drive, water drive).5- Tracking water encroachment.6- Reservoir simulation models.Modern Studies in production Development:In general, the abovementioned studies areapplied to different fields in <strong>Kuwait</strong> such asthe Greater Burgan Field, which containsthe largest S<strong>and</strong>stone reservoir in the world.In order to manage such reservoir, state ofthe art technology needs to be utilized inthe <strong>Company</strong>’s researches <strong>and</strong> studies. Thefollowing are some of the major studiesconducted in the area of reservoir development:1- Post-Blowout status of the reservoir.2- Geological <strong>and</strong> simulation models.3- Water encroachment studies.4- Reserves evaluation studies.5- Production history <strong>and</strong> predicted reservoirsbehavior.18
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