Reservoir Life Cycle Management
High resolution imaging. Key to efficient reservoir management.
Understanding of the critical nature of optimized reservoir management, many operators today are using proven Schlumberger DeepLook - CS Crosswell Seismic Imaging technology throughout all phases of the reservoir's life cycle. This unique, ultra high-resolution imaging technology provides an unmatched view, and ultimate understanding of the reservoir and surrounding interwell area, supporting a better understanding of the reservoir and optimized reservoir management.
This revolution in resolution provides operators with the knowledge necessary to optimize production throughout all phases of a reservoir’s life cycle. From exploration to abandonment, Crosswell Seismic Imaging fills in the vertical information gap between wells.
- Exploration
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- Leverage more information from costly surface seismic
- Find missed reservoirs
- Begin detailed reservoir characterization at outset of project
- Delineation
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- Investigate potential productive fringes of the reservoir
- Ensure accuracy of delineation wells
- Speed up the delineation process, bringing production on line sooner
- Primary Recovery
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- Determine ideal well spacing strategy
- Target highest potential areas in reservoir
- Determine high porosity areas
- Maximize production from drilling effort
- Secondary Recovery
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- Identify problems such as thief zones, faults, low permeability and other features having potential to inhibit waterflood performance
- Determine sweep efficiency of flood between wellbores
- Optimize future programs using enhanced reservoir model developed with Crosswell Image
- Tertiary Recovery
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- Monitor costly miscible floods, solvent injection, or steam flood processes over time
- Identify potential problems such as thief zones, faults, and low permeability zones prior to engaging costly programs
- Maximize production response from recovery efforts
- Determine the right time for abandonment based on detailed reservoir knowledge gained through Crosswell Seismic Imaging
- Accurately predict the life of reservoir based on enhanced reservoir understanding