OPTIMIZATION OF GAS INJECTION BY SMART WELL (SIMULATION ON BARONIA FIELD)

This project is to propose a new exploitation technique of smart well in gas
injection to mitigate production depletion. It is known a field in Baram Delta, Baronia
Field is approaching mature depletion, so a mitigation plan has to be investigated. Based
on real data from Baronia field, the author will simulate gas injection as secondary
recovery and miscible injection by rich gas execution in hypothetical smart well based
on Baronia-7 well design.
Typically, smart completions will cost more per completion but manipulation of
the technology and exploit reservoir will make it worthwhile. So, the reservoir
management is essential to control operations to obtain the maximum possible economic
recovery from a reservoir. Hence, some key factors that impact performance of gas
injection projects have to be effectively understood such as reservoir pressure, fluid
composition, reservoir characteristics and relative permeability. Apart from that,
reservoir profile will define the optimization scheme for intelligence device of smart
well as well as its control techniques. Completion of study is by showing optimization of
smart well function in gas injection to improve deliverability reservoir performance.
Briefly, scope of study for this project will cover both reservoir engineering and
production and well completion aspect as the author will have to enhance knowledge in
smart well system and application then simulating the injections and perform analysis.
To achieve the expected outcome the author will conduct a research methodology
as doing the literature research and case study review, then simulation which will be
using sector modeling and Eclipse and Petrel RE software. A discussion will be done on
the simulation result and correlate it with the knowledge from research to develop
recommendation in the case study.
Hence, expectation on this project is to create another new finding in oil and gas
research world involving smart well application. The author want to prove that smart
well will improve reservoir performance by optimization of smart completion as well as
to show that this new technology is more efficient in cost and time consumption.