Introduction

The concepts of reservoir management require deep, many and complex studies.
In simplified terms, reservoir management means the development of long-term
production strategies through which the movement of different fluids through
the reservoir is controlled to maximize the production of desirable hydrocarbon
fluids and reduce the production of undesirable hydrocarbon fluids.
 Production strategies may include determining the production rates of certain
wells in the reservoir, stopping other wells for a certain period, drilling new wells
in certain locations, and maintaining reservoir pressure.
Reservoir management uses elements of geology, geophysics and petroleum
engineering to predict and manage the recovery of oil and natural gas from rock
formation beneath the earth. Reservoir management is used throughout the life
cycle of crude oil and natural gas fields. It is used to determine the most
beneficial way to develop a new field or to bring new life to a depleted field,
reservoir management can improve production rates and increase the total
amount of oil and gas recovered from a field.

Stages in the Reservoir life

stage function
Exploration Identify resource prospects
Discovery Find resource
Delineation Determine size of resource
Development Prepare strategy for extracting resource
Production Produce resource
Abandonment Leave resource location

Reservoir management consists of processes that require the interaction of

technical, operating, and management groups for success. The reservoir
management process begins with the determination of strategy and associated
objectives. The two outcomes of reservoir management –optimizing recovery
and minimizing cost–often conflict with each other.
 Economic objective

Reservoir management process

Reservoir management is not reservoir engineering but reservoir engineering is
part of it. So Reservoir management consists of a group of members from
geology, economist, drilling engineer, reservoirs, chemical engineer etc. require
the interaction reservoir management groups for success.
 Reservoir management team

The Aim of reservoir management:

The main objective of the management of oil reservoirs is to optimize the
investment of oil reserves, and to achieve this must follow the following steps:
1. Identify and define the reservoirs in a specific field in terms of their
physical, geological and reservoir characteristics, physical and chemical oil
specifications, fluid movement in the porous medium and the recovery
mechanisms under which oil is produced.
2. Deduce past and predict future reservoir performance.
3. Minimize drilling of unnecessary wells.
4. Develop a program to monitor and control the performance of all wells
and their production indicators in particular and reservoir in general and to
intervene when necessary and in a timely manner.
5. Use improved oil recovery methods or EOR method after reservoir studies
for different reservoir conditions the suitable method may be selected

Technical approach
Technical approach are the methods or steps through which the results can be
reached. The methods vary depending on the nature of the work to be
accomplished. For example, the method of obtaining the results may be through
one of the reservoir management programs such as (petrel, digger, surfer, tech
log, PVTP, prosper, CMG) or through laboratory tests for the purpose of
collecting data or studying the nature of the formation or oil reservoir.

Result and discussion

The results section of the report contains a description of the results obtained
from the experiment, typically presented as tables or graphs, and observations
that were made. For example in reservoir management the mean purpose of
static model (by petrel) is to calculate oil initial in place OIIP, so the OIIP is the
outcome of static model, or the outcome of digger and surfer program is convert
the contour maps into text file or digital format that can be use in other program
like petrel.

Raw data

Result
Discussion
The purposed of a discussion section is to answer the questions:
 What do the results mean?
 Do they answer the questions the experiment was to investigate?
The discussion section is used to analyse and interpret the information presented
in the results section. Mention should be made of whether or not the results
achieve the aims. For example when an oil or gas discovery report has been
made, there are several question to answer:
 What to do with this discovery? Develop, produced , or not
 How much oil / gas can be produced?
 Which development scheme to select?
 How much will it cost?
 How long before production star-up?

Conclusion
The conclusion is a short review of that which has been deduced from the work
conducted. It is an opportunity to restate the aims or key questions and to
summarise the key points raised in the results and discussion sections.