1 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 THE BASICS 6 1.2 FIELD APPRAISAL 6 1.3 VOLUMETRICS 8 1.4 DRIVE MECHANISM 8 1.5 FIELD DEVELOPMENT 9 1.6 RESERVOIR SIMULATION 10 1.7 FIELD PRODUCTION 10 1.

8 IMPROVED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY 11 1.9 CESSATION OF PRODUCTION: FIELD ABANDONMENT 12 1.10 SUMMARY 12 2. RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 13 2.1 FIELD APPRAISAL 13 2.2 FIELD DEVELOPMENT 15 2.3 FIELD PRODUCTION 19 2.4 AN INTEGRATED TEAM STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 20 2.

5 SUMMARY 22 3 RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION 23 3.1 MULTI-SCALE DATA 23 3.2 RESERVOIR STRUCTURE 24 3.3 RESERVOIR FRAMEWORK 26 3.4 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT 27 3.5 STATIC RESERVOIR PROPERTIES 27 3.6 DYNAMIC RESERVOIR PROPERTIES 30 3.7 RESERVOIR HYDROCARBON FLUIDS 33 3.

8 SUMMARY 35 4 BUILDING AN INTEGRATED RESERVOIR MODEL 36 4.1 SIMULATION MODEL DESIGN 37 4.2 DESIGNING THE MODELLING GRID 39 4.3 FACIES MODELLING 46 4.4 PROPERTY MODELLING 51 4.5 UPSCALING 56 4.6 MODEL ANALYSIS AND UNCERTAINTY 57 4.7 SUMMARY 57 5 PERFORMANCE, MONITORING AND FORECASTING 58 5.

1 NATURAL DRIVE MECHANISMS 58 5.2 RESERVOIR MONITORING 60 5.3 PRODUCTION SYSTEM 61 5. 4 RESOURCE AND RESERVES ESTIMATION 63 5.5 PETROLEUM RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PRMS) 67 5.6 SUMMARY 69 6 IMPROVING HYDROCARBON RECOVERY 70 6.1 PRIMARY RECOVERY 71 6.2 SECONDARY RECOVERY 72 6.

3 TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY 75 SUMMARY 77 7 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 79 7.1 KEY ECONOMIC CRITERIA 79 7.2 RISK AND UNCERTAINTY 82 7.3 SUMMARY 85 8 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED 86 APPENDIX 1 - GUIDE TO RESERVOIR SIMULATION 101 Index.