Performance Evaluation of the Petrol Production Methods in Bakken Reservoirs

Abstract

Bakken reserves are non-conventional reserves which englobes a huge source of raw material in the world as a whole due to the constant extraction of conventional oil reserves with time leading our attention on these particular ones. This study aims at making a synthetic analysis of the various petroleum production methods through documentation and a mathematical simulation using Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Fuzzy-Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (F-PROMETHEE) method to determine the appropriate one in bakken reservoir. In this optic we had to bring out the different variables table into consideration for the determination of the functionality and efficiency of a particular method during production in bakken reservoirs.Through this research we found that during production in our reservoir the drive mechanisms couldn’t provide effective productivity with time and determining which enhanced oil recovery method to use was sometimes complex due to the multitude of criteria’s taken into considerations which draws our attention on the F-PROMETHE which is used for MCDM problems in many other fields. Using these method, the variables have been identified and graded in a certain range to ease input and understanding. They have been processed depending on the impact of each criterion and the results using this method can be modified if the variables are been changed. The results showed that the bakken reservoir technique is the most effective technique based on the parameters used (such as; lithology, fracture, depth, porosity, permeability, etc.) followed by HC gas injection and water injection. The F-PROMETHE method is efficient for the petroleum sector as in other fields where it has been used for MCDM problems.KeywordsOilPetrol production methodsBakken reservesDecision analysisFuzzy logic