Application of Integrated Reservoir management and Reservoir Characterization to Optimize Infill Drilling

Technical Report · Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1589· OSTI ID:1589

Pregger, B; Davies, D; Moore, D; Freeman, G; Callard, J; Nevans, J W; Doublet, L; Vessell, R; Blasingame, T

Infill drilling if wells on a uniform spacing without regard to reservoir performance and characterization foes not optimize reservoir development because it fails to account for the complex nature of reservoir heterogeneities present in many low permeability reservoirs, and carbonate reservoirs in particular. New and emerging technologies, such as geostatistical modeling, rigorous decline curve analysis, reservoir rock typing, and special core analysis can be used to develop a 3-D simulation model for prediction of infill locations.

• Research Organization: Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, WV, and Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC22-94BC14989
• OSTI ID: 1589
• Report Number(s): DE-FC22-94BC14989-13; ON: DE00001589
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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