University of technology

Oil &Gas Engineering department

Supervised by:
Dr. Fadhil S. Kadhim
Asst. Lect. Mohammed A. Ahmed
Asst. Lect. Jassim M. Jaleel

Submitted by:
Aisha aziz ali
Ali Hammed Zighayier
Murtadha Anaam Taha
Rasool Sabah Jumah
Zaineb Hayder Obaid
introduction: -
In this report, we discussed the study of reservoir management, its
definition, and identifying its benefits, the working team for reservoir
management, and the functions of each of them.
The processes that take place during reservoir management were also
discussed, as well as methods for collecting and analyzing data.

Reservoir management

Reservoir management has been in place in most producing organizations

for several years. Several authors are defined Reservoir Management and
the most important is:
It using all available resources of human, technological and financial
resources to capitalize on profits from a reservoir by optimizing the
hydrocarbon recovery while minimizing both the capital investments and
the operating costs. The reservoir management consists on the application,
within a given fiscal and contractual frame, of well-established industrial
technologies and field best practices to a hydrocarbon reservoir, in order to
efficiently perform the field operations and maximize the economic return of
the investments.Reservoir management has advanced through various
stages due to better-quality techniques, improved knowledge of reservoir
behavior, ad hoc IT software that has helped the interpretation, processing
and management of all available data.

Main objectives of the reservoir management activities can be

summarized as follows:
1- Decreasing of the risk
2- Increasing of the oil and gas production
3- Increasing of the oil and gas reserves
4- Minimization of the capital expenditures
5- Minimization of the operating costs
6- Maximizing of the final hydrocarbon recovery
The main goal of oil reservoir management is the optimal
investment of the oil reserve and increasing its yield. To achieve
this, steps must be followed.

1- Defining and specifying reservoirs (reservoirs) in a specific field in

terms of their physical, geological and storage characteristics, the
physical and chemical specifications of the oil, the movement of fluids
in the porous medium, and the propulsion mechanisms according to
which oil is produced.
2- Tracking the past and history of the performance of the oil reservoir to
anticipate its future performance.
3- Determine the optimal network of wells that will cover the entire area
of the field with production and ensure that the drawing diameters of
the wells do not overlap in order to avoid drilling.
4- Determine and improve the designs of wells and surface facilities in a
way that makes them optimal for investment. Wells are not needed.
5- Establish a program to monitor and control the work performance of
all wells and their productivity indicators in particular and the
reservoir in general and intervene when necessary and at the right
time. the appropriate.
6- Conduct integrated storage studies and update them periodically,
taking into account the new data available through drilling new wells,
monitoring the behavior and performance of old wells, and drawing
conclusions and lessons from their behavior and performance.
7- Using Improved Oil Recovery and Enhanced Oil Recovery production
methods after conducting integrated reservoir studies, on the basis of
which the appropriate method or methods can be chosen for the
different reservoir conditions (geological, reservoir working
mechanism...).
What are the reservoir management processes?
The reservoir management processes are:
1- Setting strategy.
2- Developing plan.
3- Implementing.
4- Monitoring.
5- Evaluating.
6- Completing.

Life Cycle of Reservoir

As we know the reservoir's life begins with exploration that leads to
discovery, which is followed by delineation of reservoir, development of the
field, production by primary, secondary, and tertiary means, and finally to
abandonment as shown in the following Figure:

RESEVOIR
MANAGEMENT
Reservoir management must be considered as a dynamic process that aims
at identifying the uncertainties affecting the future field behavior, and tries
to reduce their impact by optimizing the field performance through a
systematic application of integrated, multidisciplinary technologies.
The reservoir management process must be designed and implemented to
individual fields on the basis of:
• Logistics and size of the field/reservoirs

• Geological complexity of the field/reservoirs

• Reservoir rock and fluid properties

• Depletion state

• Regulatory controls

• Economics

Reservoir management team:

The RMT is a multifunctional team, and organizational structure should not
be inferred from this illustration. A team with all the skills shown could be a
permanent part of an organization; however, it is more likely that the team
would meet on a regular basis with individual members being assembled as
needed from groups within an organization. In-house skills may need to be
supplemented with outside personnel.
The team also meets to provide the information needed to upgrade and
improve the depletion plan. A major focus of the team is to obtain reliable
data on a timely basis to analyze production performance.

The objective of the team is to:

1- Bring together the skills needed to describe the reservoir, prepare
depletion plans (including economic justification of projects)
2- Drill the wells
3- Design and maintain wellbores
4- Design and maintain production equipment
5- Conduct the day-to-day operations of producing the field according to
the depletion plan
Data management:
Data collection and management are very important to project success, and they
must be carefully planned and carried out. A clear understanding of the purpose
and application of the data is necessary (i.e., a definition of why the information is
needed and how it is to be used). A cost/benefit analysis of the data (i.e., the cost
of data collection and management and the benefits to be derived) is mandatory.
This process represents the organizing of raw and interpreted data into a readily
accessible form. It is not intended to imply what type or quantity of data is
needed.
Data captured
This information includes raw data such as:
• Seismic records
• Well logs
• Conventional and special core analyses
• Fluid analyses
• Static pressures
• Pressure-transient tests
• Flowing pressures
• Periodic well production tests
• Monthly produced volumes of oil, gas, and water

Interpreted data could include:

• Seismic time maps

• Seismic conversion of time-to-depth maps
• Seismic attribute maps
• Log analyses
• Formation tops
• Structure and isopach maps
• Cross sections
• Geologic models
• Simulation models
Reservoir description
This process is the development of an up-to-date, detailed description of the
reservoir that incorporates available data and technology into a fieldwide
interpretation consistent with observed historical reservoir performance.
Variations and risks in the description should be included. Again, the effort
that goes into this description depends on the size of the remaining resource.
Geophysical, geological, and engineering interpretations are expected to
produce information on the distribution of hydrocarbons in place and
reserves. These interpretations include:
• Field and regional structure maps, including fluid-contact locations

and the size of aquifers

• Isopach and porosity maps

• Number of flow units or individual producing zones

• Depositional environment including information on diagenetic changes

and vertical and areal barriers to flow (or lack thereof)

• Variations in fluid saturations and permeabilities

The expected variability in these values should be included in these

assessments. Descriptions from hand-drawn maps and correlations may
suffice for small resources; however, in most cases, a geologic model is
developed to capture these interpretations, with more complex models being
needed for larger resources. The power of PCs and their software makes it
more attractive to develop geologic models for all resources.

Reference:
1- https://www.arab-oil-naturalgas.com/oil-reservoir-managment/
2- https://www.oil-gasportal.com/reservoir-management/fundamentals/
3- Petroleum Reservoir Management handbook (Dr. Jawad R. Rustum
Al-Assal)