Advances in WRFM Technology Integration

Abstract

Existing technologies currently utilised in well, reservoir & facility management (WRFM) to gain detailed insights into the issues affecting the petroleum production system are discipline specific, hence focus is mainly given to analysis of each component of the production system separately. These isolated functional analyses are sometimes based on inconsistent datasets which may lead to erroneous diagnosis of production problems and could ultimately result in failed well interventions if not rigorously checked via multi-disciplinary reviews. The multi-disciplinary nature of WRFM practice requires that the discipline-specific interpretations of the well, reservoir & facility models be integrated to eliminate potential inconsistencies and improve quality of interpretations. This paper presents a new technology for WRFM workflow integration based on the principle of integration of interpretations. The benefits of integration of interpretations in WRFM data democratisation and process digitalisation are also highlighted.