North Kuwait had discovered several deep reservoirs during 1960s which were not considered for development production till 2010 because of higher priority given to the major reservoirs such as Mauddud and Burgan. Zubair and Ratawi are two such new reservoirs, taken up for fast track development since last 2 years. In order to achieve the production target for the asset, ZU/RT need to be brought to production. A complete evaluation of all geological/ Geophysical data was done for all penetration through ZU/RT. All testing results available during the exploratory wells were comprehensively gathered and evaluated. Based on the data, fast track well release, drilling & completion were initiated. The objective was to gain production as well as data to reduce the uncertainty for further development and reservoir modeling work. The initial results indicated tremendous challenges in terms of fluid regime as well as reservoir rock properties. The production, at the beginning of the project, was zero, which has now been increased to about 20 MBOPD within a year. Integrated team work and calculated risks helped to achieve this milestone. The paper aims to share the challenges and the lessons learnt during the production delivery from the new reservoirs in North Kuwait. North Kuwait had discovered several deep reservoirs during 1960s which were not considered for development production till 2010 because of higher priority given to the major reservoirs such as Mauddud and Burgan. Zubair and Ratawi are two such new reservoirs, taken up for fast track development since last 2 years. In order to achieve the production target for the asset, ZU/RT need to be brought to production. A complete evaluation of all geological/ Geophysical data was done for all penetration through ZU/RT. All testing results available during the exploratory wells were comprehensively gathered and evaluated. Based on the data, fast track well release, drilling & completion were initiated. The objective was to gain production as well as data to reduce the uncertainty for further development and reservoir modeling work. The initial results indicated tremendous challenges in terms of fluid regime as well as reservoir rock properties. The production, at the beginning of the project, was zero, which has now been increased to about 20 MBOPD within a year. Integrated team work and calculated risks helped to achieve this milestone. The paper aims to share the challenges and the lessons learnt during the production delivery from the new reservoirs in North Kuwait.
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