PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
CLIENT: PEDEC (NIOC)
PROJECT: Kuh-e-Mond Field, Iran
DESCRIPTION
The Kuh-e-Mond field study is a joint venture
project between Teknica and Naftkav to evaluate
the field’s heavy oil reserves. The Kuh-e-Mond
structure is a large NW-SE trending anticline
about 90 km long and 16 km wide located about
70 km SE of Bushehr on the Persian Gulf coast.
The field was discovered in 1931 but systematic
Recently exploration of the field was only started in 1984.
The first five wells had targeted deeper horizons,
but well MD-6 was the first exploration well drilled
and completed at a depth of 1450m, specifically
for the heavy oil zones. Well MD-6 confirmed the
Completed occurrence of heavy oil in two separate
carbonate reservoirs in the Jahrum (Eocene) and
Sarvak (Cretaceous) formations. The thickness
of the Jahrum reservoir is about 400 m and it
contains oil of 6° to 8° API, while the Sarvak has
or a thickness of about 300 m and oil of 12°-14°
API. These two carbonate reservoirs are highly
fractured. Delineation well MD-7, drilled in 1985,
appears to be outside of the oil bearing zone and
established an apparent oil-water contact.
Preliminary estimates indicate that about 5.7
Ongoing billion barrels of heavy and extra heavy oil are in-
place in these two reservoirs.
OBJECTIVES
There are two main objectives in this reservoir
Projects study: first to develop an accurate reservoir
description using existing and new seismic and
well data along with new geological and
petrophysical interpretation and second, to
review the feasibility of recovering the heavy oil
by analyzing the reservoir performance under
various recovery processes using the reservoir
description developed. Reservoir simulation
studies will then be undertaken to evaluate
alternative development schemes so that an
optimum development plan and operating
strategy can be defined.
METHODOLOGY/SCOPE OF WORK
1. To collect, review and classify all available
data.
2. To process and reinterpret available 2D
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the 2D data quality permits.
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4. To process the 3D seismic data so that
maximum useful information can be
recovered.
5. To interpret the 3D seismic data including
seismic inversion, provided the data quality
allows.
6. To prepare reservoir property maps and
sections/profiles based on the above noted
3D seismic interpretation.
7. To select two appraisal wells based on the
above analysis including geological forecast,
detailed drilling, testing and completion
programs.
8. To supervise the drilling, testing and
completion of these two wells.
9. To analyze the data obtained from the two
appraisal wells including results of any core
analysis, fluid analysis, pressure tests,
10.
image logging, etc.
To develop an accurate geologic model for
the Kuh-e-Mond heavy oil reservoirs to be
used in the simulation study.
11. To update the reservoir characterization from
steps 5 and 6 above by incorporating new
data.
12. To estimate the original oil-in-place, its
distribution in the various reservoirs and the
different porosity systems and to define the
aquifer, including OWC and aquifer size.
13. To develop a reservoir simulation model that
adequately represents the reservoir
characterization.
14. To run sensitivity studies and single well,
sector and pattern simulations to determine
the technical parameters affecting recovery.
15. To determine production equipment
requirements and conceptual surface facility
design for the three processes noted above.
This would include cost estimates to
implement these three scenarios and a
detailed economic analysis to determine the
optimum development scenario.
16. To investigate the feasibility of different
transportation and upgrading methods and a
preliminary estimate of their cost.
17. To prepare a pilot project design using the
optimum recovery scheme and development
scenario defined above.