Potential to Increase Oil Reserves Due to Non-used "Lost" Deposits Located at Presently Operated Fields of OAO "Samaraneftegas"

Abstract

Presently the objective to expand the resource basis of the now-operated hydro-carbon reserves remains rather acute. The experience in building-up the oil reserves is given on the basis of revealing previously non-operated reservoirs at the field that are presently operated. The practical efficiency of considered approach is proved. The search and start-up of these now not-operated reservoirs allows to build-up the amount of active reserves and to produce oil using the low-cost measures. The paper presents the basic results of a system work with the same subject for the last two years. In 2010 they have opened and commissioned 6 new reservoirs at 5 fields that contain 1,364 million of tons of recoverable oil; the growth in oil production rate has made 843 t/d. In 2011 they have opened 14 new reservoirs at 13 fields, of which 11 pools were included into state balance. The build-up in recoverable reserves by industrial category C1 has made 1,681 million tons, the oil production rate growth - 801 t/d.