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Joint Industry Funded Project

HAQEL™

High-Resolution Advanced Qatari and Middle East Models

for Evaluating Reservoir Engineering Workflows

Prof. Dominique Guérillotdominique.guerillot@qatar.tamu.edu

&Dr Alexander Darishchev

alexander.darishchev@qatar.tamu.edu

Doha, March 27, 2017

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Outline

• Motivations

• Objectives

• Why a JIP?

• Geological Context & Reservoir Data

• Methodology

• Integration of Multiscale Data

• Potential Work Packages

• Project Schedule & Deliverables

• JIP Researchers & Budget

• Acknowledgments

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MotivationsImprove Static & Dynamic Reservoir Engineering Workflows forMiddle East Carbonate Reservoirs• Lack of Realistic Synthetic Models Due to Confidentiality Clauses

• Need for Building Specific High-Resolution Models

• Field Development Plans with Water Injection & Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

• Carbone Dioxide Sequestration

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Middle East oil and gas fields; source: Library of Congress, USAOccurrence of oil- and gas-bearing reservoirs in Qatar;after [Darishchev and Guérillot 2017 (submitted)].

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Objectives• Build Realistic Synthetic Models of Middle East Carbonate Reservoirs

• Integrate Geological & Reservoir Data, Knowledge & Expertise

• Benchmark Innovative Advanced Reservoir Engineering Workflows

• Establish Better Practices in Carbonate Reservoir Characterization,Modeling, Simulation & Engineering

Production historyForecasting with a possible range of

uncertainty

Drill a new well? IOR or EOR? Sell out the field?

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Why a JIP?• A Form of Close Collaboration between Academia & Industry

• Co-financing a JIP: Share Cost but Obtain More Results

• Each JIP Member Benefits from: Customized Work Package

Complete Portfolio of All Other Work Packages

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Source: www.stevens.edu

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Geological Context & Reservoir Data

Chronostratigraphic column of the Jurassic and Cretaceous formations, Qatar; after [van Buchem et al. 2014].

Stratigraphic column of the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation;

after [Clark et al. 2004].

• Gathering Data from Field & Outcrop Analogues, Laboratory Studies, etc.

• Analysing Geological Context, Data & Capabilities

• Selecting Reservoirs Among the Most Suitable for the Study

• Performing Flow Simulation & Sensitivity Studies

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Methodology

Top: A geostatistical realization of porosity field of a typical Middle

East reservoir; after [Darishchev and Guérillot 2017]

Left: Histogram of porosityRight: Facies

An example of workflow for production forecasting and uncertainty assessment with neural network and proxy

model; after [Guérillot and Bruyelle 2016, 2017].

• Advanced Reservoir Modeling & Engineering Workflows

• Both Industrial & Research Software

• High Performance Computing Capabilities

• Integration of Multiscale Data: Geology, Reservoir, Fluids

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Integration of Multiscale Data

An outcrop of the Arab C & D reservoirs, Saudi Arabia; after [Eltom et al. 2013].

• Published Data on Producing Fields

• Laboratory Measurements & Microscopy

• Outcrops & Analogues

Facies of the Arab D reservoir, Qatar; after [Wilson 1991].

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Potential Work Packages• Impact of Vertical & Lateral Heterogeneities on Fluid Flow & Well Performance

• Upscaling & Upgridding

• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Processes

• Field Development Optimization with Water Injection

Open to Discuss & Define New Work Packages According to JIP Member'sInterests & Concerns

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Project Schedule & Deliverables

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Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug.

Starting DateOct. 1st 2017

MEOS Bahrein

Mar.  06‐09

Kick‐Off Meeting*Mar. 2017

EAGE Carbonate Workshop 

Paris

Jun. 12‐15

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Steering Committee MeetingMay 2018

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

* Intra Company Meetings Can Be Conveniently ArrangedAnnual Steering Committee Meeting and Report: May 2018

ADIPECAbu Dhabi

Nov.  13‐16TAMUQ ShowcaseDoha

Apr. 20WPC

Istanbul

Jul.  09‐13

May  08‐10SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation 

Abu Dhabi

May

Deliverables for Each JIP Member• Complete Portfolio of Work Packages with Static & Dynamic Models for Carbonate

Reservoir Systems

• Detailed Reports Describing Synthetic Field Cases, Data & Algorithms

• Annual Steering Committee Meeting

Bilateral advanced studies can also be envisaged

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JIP Researchers & Budget

• JIP Leader: Prof. Dominique Guérillot, Petroleum Engineering Program, dominique.guerillot@qatar.tamu.edu

• JIP Researcher: Dr Alexander Darishchev, Postdoctoral Research Associate, alexander.darishchev@qatar.tamu.edu

BudgetFees: ~ $ 50K / year per JIP sponsor

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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT QATARPETROLEUM ENGINEERING PROGRAM

c/o Qatar Foundation – Education CityPETE Office Suite 204

PO Box 23874Doha, Qatar

Tel. +974.4423.0025Fax +974.4423.0011

pete@qatar.tamu.eduhttp://pete.qatar.tamu.edu

https://www.qatar.tamu.edu/programs/petroleum-engineering/research/haqel

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Acknowledgements

This project is currently supported by Texas A&M University start-up funds.