The design stages are usually run concurrently with the pilot. The engineering design outputs are fine-tuned in an ongoing, phased approach. An increasingly detailed reservoir model is extended to the scale of the development area and it uses data acquired from seismic, drilling, logging, testing and coring services and fluid analysis studies. The final well design and completion program are determined and verified using this model, so input accuracy is essential for the profitability of the operation. The same applies to the surface facilities and transport design. By using both static and dynamic reservoir models, simulations help determine the production profiles and infrastructure loading for the selected recovery methods.
Sophisticated software is the basis for selecting the best recovery process and includes matching the right method to the unique properties of a specific heavy oil reservoir for optimum production.
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