Integrated Reservoir Optimization (IRO): The Schlumberger Global Approach

摘要

The challenge of the coming new decade in oilfield economics is to optimize the drainage of producing reservoirs and render accessible reserves that could not previously be produced economically. Each major technical breakthrough contributes to improve recovery from existing reserves and lowering finding and producing costs for newreservoirs - key goals which must be achieved in a stable oil price environment to meet projected demands The ultimate goal of an oil company is to fully characterize and model the reservoir with the aim of optimizing production. Already to-day. increased emphasis on reservoir studies is paying dividends and Exploration and Production increased investment in this area have demonstrated additional benefits.