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A set of Subsurface Production Operational activities towards execution of Field Development Plan.


The WRM activities are usually classified by the purpose: 

Operational HSEProduction accelerationProduction CostSweep efficiencyDisplacement efficiency

Production targets
Infill drilling

Completion \ Lift

design & integrity

Increasing well-reservoir contact

(Drilling)

Optimizing well-reservoir contact

(Conformance control)






Infill drilling
Side-tracksFlow StimulationFlow Shut-offEOR


The WRM activities are facilitated by four execution mechanisms: 

SubsurfaceSurface
Drilling & CompletionWorkovers

Production / Injection Rate Optimization

EOR flooding facilities and procedures



This leads to the four major asset challenges:


 1. Where to drill the new well or side-track and how to complete it ?


2. Which wells to workover and how ?


3. Which wells to change the flow rate and whether increase or decrease ?


4. What fluid and at what time to inject ?


6. Is there a bottleneck in surface infrastructure and whether it needs update ?


The answers to these questions are provided by playing the various scenarios over the calibrated full-field flow model.


See Also

Petroleum Industry / Upstream /  Production / Subsurface Production





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