Sorry to be a drag
Is there any well density to peak correlation by field/basin data
are creaming curves sufficient in this area to build a argument pro/against the idea that Saudi oil production is yet to developed by a vast increase in well density to match the Lower 48?
how would one go about appraising the merits of the well density argument?
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Question: well density?
by mididoctors » Sat 22 Apr 2006, 15:07:56
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Re: Question: well density?
by ReserveGrowthRulz » Sat 22 Apr 2006, 15:22:48
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how would one go about appraising the merits of the well density argument?
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how would one go about appraising the merits of the well density argument?
Studies on reserve growth would be a good place to start. They probably aren't as applicable to some of the giant fields in the Middle East as they are to most everything else, but the concept would be the same.
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Re: Question: well density?
by mididoctors » Sat 22 Apr 2006, 16:29:16
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how would one go about appraising the merits of the well density argument?
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how would one go about appraising the merits of the well density argument?
Studies on reserve growth would be a good place to start. They probably aren't as applicable to some of the giant fields in the Middle East as they are to most everything else, but the concept would be the same.
How would that translate into a correlation with production?
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Re: Question: well density?
by ReserveGrowthRulz » Thu 04 May 2006, 17:50:22
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How would that translate into a correlation with production?
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How would that translate into a correlation with production?
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I think it would be difficult to make too many assumptions about well density versus production. The example being, the US has had an odd million or so wells drilled into it, and produces some 5 MBOPD, whereas the Saudi fields have some 1000 or 2000 wells, and make twice as much per day, and will be doing so for quite some time.
In continuous accumulations, it is reasonable to equate well quantity with production and total reserves, but conventional results have way too much of a spread based on the geology available. Recovery factors start getting mixed in here, flow rates, capital investment and political considerations, results get tangled up with all of these factors pretty quick and you end up not being able to separate out exactly why this well has a given flow rate for a larger drainage area and these 4 wells have a similar flow rate for a smaller one.
So....heading into our 3rd year post peak and I'm still getting caught in traffic jams!! DieOff already!
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