The Production Geology Approach and the Intelligent Well Evaluation Methodology (IWEM)

Ambiental Technical Solutions

Production Geology Approach Technical Areas Intelligent Well Evaluation Methodology (IWEM) Knowledge Management
Change Management Surprise Handling Environmental Impact Assessment Forecasting and Risk Analysis Technology Evolution and Revolution

Production Geology Case Studies New on-line Services Production Geology Assessment

Advanced Drilling, Completion and Production Knowledge/Change Management Services

In development Geological surprise handling tools

Production Geology Course/workshop ( March 2002)

The Production Geology Technical Areas

Advanced Geology Multi-scale approach ( Basin, reservoir,

Advanced Geology

well to well, perforation) Drilling & completion geological aspects Multi-target objectives Geo-Hazards

Advanced Drilling & Completion Technologies

Advanced Drilling and Completion

Production Drilling & Completion Systems Design Drilling & Completion Technology Applications Main Components Identification of Techno- Economic Drivers

Production
Production Optimization Production Problems Production Technologies

Production Technologies
Automation Advanced Drilling & completion Sub-sea

Technology potential

Arctic
Floating Systems Environmental Platforms Subsurface equip.

Fracturing
Chemical Treatment Acidification Perforation Sand Control Low

Conventional drilling

Liquid processing Gas Processing

Low

Med

High

Technology proficiency

Complexity, Variability and Uncertainty What the Production Geology approach offer in this new global Oil & Gas business scenario?
INTELLIGENT WELL EVALUATION METHODOLOGY (IWEM)

Surprise Handling Environmental Risk Assessment

TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION & REVOLUTION (Variability and shorter life cycles)

Advanced drilling and Completion Environmental Intelligent Technologies Production Optimization Automation

C O M P L E X I T Y

Conventional Drilling & Completion Production

Current Technological and Information exponential grow

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Information/Knowledge Based Decision Making Identification of Best Practices

CHANGE MANAGEMENT Awareness, Creativity and Innovation

FORECASTING & RISK ANALYSIS Decision Support Tools Time ( uncertainty)

Intelligent Well Evaluation Methodology (IWEM)

It is based upon in the search of technical production geological solutions in drilling , completion and production projects applying techniques, tools and methodologies related with: Knowledge Management

Change Management
Forecasting and Risk Analysis Environmental Risk Assessment Surprise Handling Technology Evolution and Revolution

Knowledge Management applied to Drilling, Completion and Production

Activity Level
Sharing Phase
Drilling, Completion, Production Projects using the production Geology Actions Approach and IWEM Short Term high economic Impact

Forums,Conferences Maturity
On-line services Training courses

Organizing Phase
Gathering Phase Compilation of Potential Technical Information Production geology strategy Multidisciplinary Team Business Plan Review Coalescence Technical maturity IWEM technical analysis Opportunity identification

Technology Dispersion Knowledge

Individual Effort

Mutual Help

Unification of Efforts

Results

Change Management

applied to Drilling, Completion and Production Desired Situation ( Creativity and Inovation)
Knowledge shared and organizaed To define key aspects (technical, economics and risk) to implement sucessfully drilling ,completion and production tecnologies Identify potential aplications Identify changes ( equipment, infraestructure, personel, way to work, business vision, etc)

Current Situation (awareness)

Scatter Knowledge Field Experience with relative success

Present

Future

Production Geology Approach applied to Environmental Risk Assessment Reduction of Number of Wells
Review of technological options and development plans to reduce the environmental impact of Production /injection management Water / Gas Handling Zero Discharge Policy Improvement in the technology Management Life cycle ( avoidance, reduction, re-use, recycling, recovery, disposal)

Novel control, monitoring and measurement environmental Oil & Gas

Solutions

Drilling, Completion and Production Geological Aspects Surprise Handling

Geo Hazards

Technology Evolution and Revolution

Reservoir
Scenario 3 Scenario 2 Scenario 1

Technology A Technology B Technology C High Risk

40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

Variables that impact economically the reservoir

var. 1 var. 2 var. 3

scena. 1

scena. 2

scena. 3

Production Geology Case Studies

Methodology to detect regions prone to Sand, scale and migration of fines areas

Forecasting and Risk Analysis

IMPACT of: Drilling Completion Production Technologies components
Variable 1

Project Economics Flow Cash, NPV

Identification of variables that produce economical impact

Variable 2

Variable n

Search of the probability distribution to model each variable

Determination of variables with high impact

Sensitivity analysis of each variable

NPV
-200.00 0.00 200.00 400.00 600.00

Run the Simulation

Analysis of results

STOIIP

1141.17

1895.83

Wells to drill

45

16

Plateau rate

5.6

14.0

Discount factor

11.57

8.52

Facility size

100.00

150.00

Recovery

40.5

43.5

Well cost

11.23

9.55

Well rate

6.16

13.84

Decision Support Tools for Technology Assessment

Multi-prospects Evaluation
Variable Relacionadas

Technology

Variable1

Variable 2

Correlation Matrix

Variables Independientes

Production Geology Approach for Completion, Perforation and Well Design

Production Geology Case Studies

Geological data contribute in the selection of the: - Junction type - Well trajectory - Drainage points - Kick-off point - Radius type - Longitude of laterals - Orientation of laterals - Well type -Completion System - Perforation Design

KICK-OFF POINT 10/100 ft 20/100 ft Well at Midpoint 60/100 Horizontal ft

(1)
20 ft

40 ft

74 ft 362 ft 846 ft

Production Geology Case Studies Methodology to determine Optimal Completion and Drainage Points

Optimal Completion window

Optimum drainage points

Advanced Well

Reservoir flow units

Case Studies Screening criteria: reservoir candidates to apply Advance drilling & Completion Technologies

Oil rims in heterogeneous reservoirs IOR projects in complex reservoirs Improvement of drainage strategies in reservoirs with technology maturity Offshore projects with economic potential in areas under environmental regulations

Case Studies Methodology to determine Reservoir Flow Unit Dimensions

Reservoir Candidates +200

150

100

50

25

15

5m

Norway Gulf of Mexico Indonesia

West Africa
Venezuela

Production Geology Case Studies Drilling & Completion Technology Evolution Studies
3000 2500 2000

Field Implementation
New tecnology and aplications

1500 1000 500 0

1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Learning Curve

Review of Field Experience Tecnology sucess and maturity

Knowledge
Management

Time :Change Management

Potential contributions in advance Drilling & Completion Technologies

Technology Environmental Technologies Underbalance Drilling Deepwater Technology

Contribution Environmental impact mitigation due Geological critical aspects Completion optimisation Risk assessment improvement Region Diversity Technology assessment Scaling and data gap reduction Geo-steering Production management improvement Reservoir candidates Perforation optimisation Technical / economical evaluation Screening criteria Reservoir candidates Applications and surprise handling

Drilling & Completion Technology Development

Interactive drilling

Big Bore Completions

Smart Technology Automation

New on-line Services Production Geology Assessment

Based in our production geology approach, IWEM and Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) we will be able to deliver a fast response to understand critical geological aspects in drilling, completion and production projects using interactive e- consultancy and spreadsheet models.

Advanced Drilling and Completion Knowledge/Change Management Services

You will be able to receive the up to date state of art of the advance drilling and completion technology of interest in short time receiving online a complete report which allow you to improve your decision making process with our knowledge/change management techniques.

In development
Geological surprise handling tools
Production Geology Course/workshop ( March 2002)