Sweep efficiency | Displacement efficiency | Acceleration | Cost | ||||
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Increasing well-reservoir contact | Optimising well-reservoir contact (Conformance control) | Flowrates |
Infill drilling | Completion design Completion integrity Lift mechanism | ||
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New wells | New laterals | Flow Stimulation | Flow Shut-off |
EOR | Flowrates |
The above activities are further classified into facilitated by four execution mechanisms:
Subsurface | Surface | ||
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Drilling & Completion | Workover & Recompletion | Produiction/injection Rate Optimisation | EOR facilities and procedures |
This leads to the four major asset challenges:
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