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Oil Field Development and Evaluation Guide

1. Oil and gas fields are discovered through seismic surveys and exploration wells, then evaluated further with appraisal wells and reservoir modeling. 2. During appraisal, more wells are drilled to determine the field's size, resources, and best development plan. 3. If successful, development begins with a plan to extract hydrocarbons through a network of wells and surface facilities over 15-50 years, until production declines and the field is abandoned.

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Oil Field Development and Evaluation Guide

1. Oil and gas fields are discovered through seismic surveys and exploration wells, then evaluated further with appraisal wells and reservoir modeling. 2. During appraisal, more wells are drilled to determine the field's size, resources, and best development plan. 3. If successful, development begins with a plan to extract hydrocarbons through a network of wells and surface facilities over 15-50 years, until production declines and the field is abandoned.

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OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION

1. Field discovery 2. Field evaluation


(3D numerical reservoir simulation models)
• Oil and gas are trapped in reservoir rocks • To simulate the reservoir fluid flow behavior
buried underground. and optimize the field development scenario
(number, type and location of wells, level of
• To locate hydrocarbon accumulation, field production, etc…)
geoscientists analyze images of the earth’s
subsurface produced by seismic echography. • Appraisal wells are drilled to improve the
field description through further data
• Exploration wells need to be drilled to acquisition.
check if the identified prospect does
indeed contain hydrocarbons.
Appraisal
Appraisal wells are drilled to gather more information about a discovered oil or gas field. This information is used to
develop a field development plan.

Appraisal wells can be used to determine:


● The size of the field
● The extent of the field
● The quality of the oil or gas
● The reservoir characteristics
● The best way to develop the field

The appraisal stage of a project may take years and cost vast sums of money. If an appraisal is
successful, then the project will move on to the development phase.
Field development

Following a successful appraisal, the development phase is where the operating company will determine the best
methods to extract and transport the hydrocarbons and the overall financial viability of moving to full-scale
production.

A field development plan establishes the following:


• The number of wells to be drilled to reach production objectives.
• The recovery techniques to be used to extract the fluids within the reservoir.
• The type and cost of installations, such as platforms, depend on the marine environment (tides, storms, waves,
winds, corrosion)
• The separation systems for gas and fluids, > the treatment systems needed to preserve the environment.
Field production
The time period over which hydrocarbons may be extracted varies between 15 to 30 years and may be extended up to
50 years or more for «giant fields».

The lifetime of a reservoir is composed of different successive phases:


• A period of production increase.
• Injection phases (water, gas, or chemical products) to «assist» the hydrocarbon recovery and thus maintain a
satisfactory volume of produced resources.
Field abandonment
When the hydrocarbon production rate becomes non-economical, the reservoir is abandoned.

Before abandoning the field, the oil companies:


• Dismantle facilities such as platforms.
• Put the well in a safe state, Preserve the field’s residual hydrocarbon reserves of the field.
• Clean, depollute, and rehabilitate the site.

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