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Chapter 20

Study Objectives and Data Gathering

The first step in a study is to identify its objectives. Study objectives
provide information about resource requirements. After stating the objectives
of the study, the data for characterizing the reservoir is then described.

20.1 Study Objectives

Two objectives of the case study are to increase your understanding of
the reservoir simulation process, and to acquire experience working with a
simulator. The experience you gained working the exercises in Parts I and II is
a transferable skill. Many of the tasks performed with WINB4D may differ in
detail from other simulators, but are conceptually universal. Although the above
objectives are important from a pedagogical point of view, they are secondary
within the context of the case study.
The reservoir management objective of the case study is to optimize
production from a dipping, undersaturated oil reservoir. There will be
constraints imposed on the case study objective. Before discussing the con-
straints, however, it is first necessary to gather some background information
about the field.

20.2 Reservoir Structure

A seismic line through an east-west cross-section of the field is shown
in Figure 20-1. The single well (P-l) has been producing from what appears to

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