Data Analysis Methodology for Reservoir Management

Abstract

Abstract Reservoir management (starting from a development plan, implementing the plan, monitoring and evaluating the performance of the reservoir) requires knowledge of the reservoir that should be gained through an integrated data acquisition and analysis program. Data analysis program requires a great deal of effort, scrutiny and innovation. The key steps are (1) plan and organize, (2) collect and analyze, and (3) integrate and store. This approach addresses a general framework of optimizing the data analysis process. This paper attempts to highlight this type of approach. The applicability of this work is confirmed by actual field case study (Shukheir Bay Field) in Offshore Shukheir Oil Company (an international joint venture company in Egypt). Such study is an original contribution to the knowledge of the data analysis process, which proved effective in clarifying the overall view of the reservoir performance in view of facilitating decision making for developmental plans.