MATERIAL BALANCE &

RESERVOIR SIMULATION
OF RESERVOIR X
ADVISOR: DR. WILLIAM CLAY KIMBRELL
SUBADVISORS PENDING APPROVAL: DR HUGHES, DR IPSITA GUPTA
OVUEDE, MUDIAGA
FEO, GIUSEPPE
BARRECA, DANIEL
MORALES, RAFAEL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Project description

Reservoir material balance and simulation will be carried out.

Member roles

Project manager Giuseppe Feo

Risk assessment

Software to use

Project deliverable

Detailed economic assessment of reservoir opportunities

Outcome

Material balance and reservoir simulation will be carried out.

Group structure has been established

At the end a package will be delivered detailed the potential for the reservoir Integrating a cost/benefit analysis of advanced completions
systems, drilling a new well, and/or setting injection production target rates.

RESERVOIR X DESCRIPTION
Reservoir X began production in
1967. It is part of a larger field in the
southern part of USA.
There are 5 active wells in this
reservoir.
It has an established LKO of 11,125.
It has an established OGOC of
10,920.
The initial P is ~ 5220 psi.

MEMBER ROLES
Giuseppe Feo
(Project Manager)
Data acquisition Lead
Geology Lead
Material balance
manual calculations

Mudiaga Ovuede
Reservoir
simulation Lead
MBAL support
EOR Lead

Rafael Morales
Material balance Lead
Volumetric Lead
Economic Analysis
Lead
PipeSim and IPR Lead

Daniel Barreca
Alternative software
Technical writing and
organization of data
Reservoir simulation
assistance

RESOURCES
Well logs - Core Analysis: Porosity, Sw, So, permeability Directional Survey
Maps - LKO and OGOC
Thesis - PVT
OnePetro - Theoretical information on material balance calculations
SONRIS - reservoir production data

SOFTWARE

Method of MBAL
Initialize with PVT
Define reservoir properties
Monitor contacts
Estimate STOOIP

MBAL & CMG

Method of CMG
- Initialize PVT
- Define grid system
- Define static and dynamic properties
- Monitor contacts
- Estimate STOOIP
- Well placement
- Run sensitivities on EOR cases

Temporary Software-OPM Flow

Pros- free, can access anywhere, available right now
(OPM can be a good tool to learn about reservoir
simulation while waiting for access to CMG)
Cons- No user interface, seemingly steeper learning
curve, all tutorials are through text causing it to take a
while to go through them, requires linux based
system
Currently running through a simple simulation of a grid
with 1 injection and 1 production well

DELIVERABLES

Economic appraisal of reservoir

Understanding of reservoir drive mechanisms
Recommendation of additional completions
Recommendation of additional wells
Recommendation of potential EOR techniques
Recommendation of setting injection/production rates.

Risk Management

FInd and include uncertainties in the reservoir model.

Core analyses (Filtrate Invasion), Geologic uncertainty, Production data

Clearly describe assumptions needed to produce reasonable results.

Produce a risk based assessment on the NPV cost/ benefit analysis to the economic
outcome.
Supplemental completions
EOR
Injection/Production Rates

Advisor Feedback
Dr. Kimbrell
1. Assisted with clearly defining goals of the the project
2. Assisted with showing us how to gather the well logs,
well files, well tests, production data, core analyses,
and initial volumetrics.
3. Assisted with providing meeting space for project

QUESTIONS?