Mature Field Development
To enhance participants’ capability in diagnosing performance issues, identifying redevelopment opportunities, and designing integrated technical strategies for mature field optimization – by combining reservoir engineering, production data analysis, well interventions, and economic screening within a structured decision-making framework.
F. Reservoir Engineering Course/Petroleum Engineering
3 days
Skilled
Classroom + Field Trip
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Diagnose mature field performance decline
- Identify bypassed hydrocarbon opportunities
- Design infill, workover, or EOR strategies
- Update and use reservoir models for forecasting
- Conduct economic screening of redevelopment options
- Apply risk-based decision making in brownfield assets
DAY 1 – Understanding Mature Field Challenges & Diagnostics
Objective: Equip participants with tools to diagnose performance decline and identify value gaps in mature assets.
Session 1 – Characteristics of Mature Fields
- Definition of mature/brownfield assets
- Typical decline patterns
- Aging infrastructure challenges
- Reservoir depletion mechanisms
- Water cut increase & pressure depletion
Session 2 – Production Performance Diagnostics
- Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) review
- Material balance interpretation
- Reservoir drive mechanism re-evaluation
- Water breakthrough diagnosis
- Identifying bypassed oil
Session 3 – Reservoir & Production Data Integration
- Static vs dynamic model reconciliation
- Surveillance data (pressure, PLT, tracer)
- Production logging interpretation
- Identifying remaining potential
Workshop 1
- Diagnose a declining mature field case
- Identify root causes of performance drop
Estimate remaining recoverable potential
DAY 2 – Redevelopment & Optimization Strategies
Objective: Enable participants to design technically sound and economically screened redevelopment plans.
Session 1 – Infill Drilling & Recompletion Strategy
- Candidate well selection
- Reservoir compartmentalization analysis
- Horizontal vs vertical infill wells
- Recompletion & zone isolation strategies
Session 2 – Enhanced Recovery & Stimulation
- Waterflood optimization
- Pattern realignment
- EOR screening basics (chemical, gas, thermal)
- Workover & stimulation strategy
- Artificial lift optimization
Session 3 – Integrated Reservoir Modeling Update
- Updating simulation models for mature fields
- History matching challenges
- Forecasting redevelopment scenarios
- Sensitivity analysis
Workshop 2
- Design a redevelopment scenario
- Compare infill vs workover vs EOR case
- Rank based on technical and economic merit
DAY 3 – Economic Evaluation, Risk & Asset Management
Objective: Strengthen participants’ ability to prioritize mature field investments under uncertainty
Session 1 – Economic Screening for Mature Fields
- Brownfield CAPEX vs OPEX considerations
- NPV, IRR, payout time
- Incremental recovery economics
- Facility debottlenecking economics
Session 2 – Risk & Uncertainty Management
- Subsurface uncertainty
- Production uncertainty
- Monte Carlo overview
- Decision tree for redevelopment
Session 3 – Mature Asset Portfolio Strategy
- Late-life field management
- Decommissioning vs redevelopment decision
- Integrated asset team approach
- KPI monitoring for brownfield performance
Final Case Study Workshop
Participants will:
- Diagnose a mature field
- Identify redevelopment options
- Perform economic screening
- Recommend best development strategy
- Present technical justification
This course is designed for professionals with 3–10 years of experience in upstream oil & gas, including:
- Reservoir Engineers
- Production Engineers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Field Development Engineers
- Asset Engineers
- Subsurface Team Leads (Junior–Mid Level)
- Well Intervention Engineers
- Geoscientists involved in brownfield development
Prerequisite Knowledge
Participants should already understand:
- Basic reservoir engineering principles
- Volumetrics and material balance
- Production performance analysis
- Basic economic indicators (NPV, IRR)
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