Reservoir Characterization

Tiab, Djebbar

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-803188-9.00010-3

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“…This study utilizes initial reservoir pressure, which typically refers to pressure at discovery prior to any production or injection. This intrinsic energy is an important factor as it, along with fluid phase and other considerations, determines the method of production/drive mechanism that would be employed over the course of field life (Renpu, 2011) and potentially the rates of production along with overall reservoir performance (Tiab & Donaldson, 2016). Hategan and Hawkes (2007) highlight the importance of initial pressure in appropriately estimating recoverable reserves.…”

Section: Pressurementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial and temporal distribution of hydrocarbon production on the UK continental shelf

Osah,

Howell

2023

Resource Geology

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Hydrocarbon production from oil and gas fields is controlled by a variety of interconnected factors with a hierarchy of significance that is, for the most part, difficult to untangle. This article documents and investigates the spatial and temporal distribution of key hydrocarbon field parameters on the UK Continental Shelf. Data have been compiled from publicly available sources for 424 fields. Variables are considered as “descriptive parameters,” “control parameters” and “outcomes”. Descriptive parameters are metadata such as field name, location, etc. Control Parameters include depositional environment, present depth of burial, porosity, permeability, reservoir formation pressure, reservoir temperature, average net‐to‐gross, number of fault populations, hydrocarbon API, field area, bulk rock volume, well density, number of wells (production and injection), well spacing, gas oil ratio, reservoir thickness, fluid saturation, compartmentalization (quantitated by number of observable non‐communicating fault compartments), structural complexity (scaled from 0 to 5), field production strategy, trap type and stratigraphic heterogeneity. Outcomes are used to assess field performance and include final recovery factor (estimated), maximum production rate, and cumulative monthly production. Analysis of the database illustrates a number of empirical observations regarding hydrocarbon production on the UKCS. The Jurassic plays have been the most successful in the region in terms of total volumes produced while the Permian reservoirs of the SNS account for the majority of the gas. Most of the UKCS reservoirs record top depths between 2000 and 4500 m with good reservoir quality. The best reservoir quality is observed in reservoirs that were deposited within deep marine systems. The largest hydrocarbon reserves are found in the Northern North Sea basin in these deep marine (as well as paralic and shallow marine) reservoirs. Using the data from this article and affiliated data, potential exists for extracting insight beyond spatio‐temporal distributions.

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Section: Pressurementioning

confidence: 99%