Comprehensive Validation of Current Field Development and Production Operation Strategy with Integrated Asset Modeling Approach

Abstract

Summary To identify the full potential of a brown field, it is crucial to validate its existing field development and production operation plan, to evaluate the feasible development strategies to further enhance oil recovery, to operate the asset safely and to optimise the overall reservoir recovery. These evaluation and assessment require inputs and close interaction across different domains, to reduce any potential gaps and to optimize its final decision making with considerations of various operational as well as economic factors. By adopting an integrated asset modeling approach, it enables the ability to bring various technologies under one platform and subsequently allows one to accomplish an inclusive development planning study with consideration of optimized well placement of both producers and injectors (water or gas), requirement of new process units to accommodate the increased production. This paper presents how an integrated asset model for an onshore brown field has been delivered to enable a comprehensive validation of the current field development strategy and its downstream process plant operation plan; as well as assessment of other possible development scenarios for the studied asset. The challenges faced are to identify the optimal development plan with minimal well count and maximum recovery.