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Field Development Plan, Rate of
Production, Oil Recovery
By
Syed Nawaz
M.Tech Petroleum Exploration and Production
Delta Studies Institute
Andhra University

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Content
• Introduction (Field Development Plan, Rate of
Production, Oil Recovery)
– Acquiring maximum reservoir area
– Maintaining reservoir properties
– Recovery techniques selection criteria
• Reference

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Introduction
• The objective of field development plan is to
increase the rate of production
• How we can develop the field:
– Acquire maximum reservoir area (number of
wells)
– Maintain reservoir properties (avoid development
of void space)
– Pressure maintenance with the help of recovery
techniques

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Acquiring maximum area of a
Reservoir
• Estimate the total recoverable reserves of a
Reservoir (condition is it should be commercially
viable)
• Base on above data estimate the life of a
reservoir, meanwhile plan the number of wells to
be drilled for extracting the HC within a required
time.
• Note: some times the life of a reservoir is also
decided by the regulatory bodies of a respected
countries (tax concession issued from national oil
policy (countries)).

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Reservoir Area

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Maintaining reservoir properties
• Reservoir properties includes rock and fluid properties
of a reservoir
• The major properties which has to be maintain are as
follows:
– Pressure (reservoir (void space) and pore pressure): this
leads to
• Permeability heterogeneity
• Alteration in the reservoir area
• Reservoir damage (decrease in fracture pressure of a reservoir).
– This leads to migration of HC from the reservoir
• Note: to maintain the aforementioned properties the
recovery techniques are to be used.

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Recovery techniques
• Primary recovery (artificial lifts)
• Secondary recovery (injection wells)
• Enhanced oil recovery (?)

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Maintaining rate of production
• DST
• Hydraulic fracturing (Propants)
• Acidizing
• Control of sand production (Gravel packing,
Resin injection)
• Drawdown and Buildup (aim to maintain K
and access of damage (time))

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References
SYED NAWAZ’s BRAIN
Petroleum Engineer,
Ex-Student of PetroGate Academy,
Ex-NDT Inspector,
Free-Lance NDT Inspector,
PURSUING M.TECH(Petroleum Exploration and
Production) from DSI (Andhra University),
Owns a Petroleum Universe (A YouTube channel),
Author of Drilling Engineering GATE-2021 and
Reservoir Engineering GATE-2021 notes)

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