TY - JOUR
TI - Simulating the strategies of oil field development for enhanced oil recovery
AU - Tahir Muhammad Usman
AU - Liu Wei David
AU - Memon Asadullah
AU - Zhou Hongtao
AU - Akbar Imran
AU - Zafar Atif
AU - Ansari Ubedullah
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2020
VL - 24
IS - 11
SP - 411
EP - 422
PT - Article
AB - Many years have passed in oil field development but primary challenges faced  by the X reservoir are the rapid decline of formation pressure and the  significant solution gas released from the formation, which impairs  production. Based on these challenges, a compositional simulation model of  the X reservoir was constructed and run to establish the future development  plans. The basic reservoir data collection and processing, quality assurance  of the data, characteristic pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) matching by  ECLIPSE PVTi, and simulation of various adjustment strategies to forecast  development plans, as well as data sensitivity analysis and optimization has  been included in this study. In addition, to establish a desirable  development plan, the simulation model is set up in great consistency with  the geological model resulted from the seismic and logging interpretations.  Also, emphases are paid on establishing matches with the reported lab data  from production wells by PVTi. Results revealed that the specific reservoir  development plan intends to reinstate or maintain formation pressure of the  X reservoir. All design and optimization studies are set to comprehend the  reservoir with the numerical model.