BASS STRAIT'S BREAM B RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT: SUCCESS THROUGH A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TEAM APPROACH

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. McKerron ◽  
V.L. Dunn ◽  
R.M. Fish ◽  
C.R. Mills ◽  
S.K. van der Linden-Dhont
Keyword(s):  
Development Planning ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Reservoir Development ◽  
Analysis Tools ◽  
Functional Development ◽  
Modelling Analysis ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Effective Development

The effective development of thin oil columns in areas of complex stratigraphy, sparse well control and offset from existing production presents a diverse range of challenges. The success of the Bream B reservoir development can be attributed in part to the formation of a multi-functional development team. This team defined pre-development planning processes and analysis tools which were used to meet the challenges of the project. This paper discusses the Bream B development and the pivotal role the team played in its evolution.The Bream Field is an anticlinal structure with a series of retrogradationally-stacked clastic reservoir sequences. A large gas cap overlies a 13.5 m oil column in a reservoir that has strong aquifer support. The Bream A platform was installed in 1987 to develop the western and northern lobes of the field. The 18-slot Bream B concrete gravity structure was installed in October 1996 to develop the eastern half of the field.Geotechnical and engineering uncertainties, as well as a fast-paced drilling program required thorough planning by the team of geoscientists, engineers and petrophysicists. ThIS included the development of detailed contingency and well sequencing plans, the quantification of pre-drill technical uncertainties and the implementation of fully interactive remapping capabilities. During the program, application of geophysical amplitude and modelling analysis, sequence stratigraphy, petrophysics, and reservoir simulation were all used to interpret results and optimise the placement of remaining development wells.The success of the multi-functional pre-development planning processes and analysis tools was demonstrated by the requirement of only a single geological sidetrack during the drilling program and a platform production rate of 35,000 BOPD (5.6 ML/day) (August 1997).

The Roads through the Forest

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-151
Author(s):  
Eve Z. Bratman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
Planning Processes

Chapter 4 focuses on the legacy of modernization-oriented planning processes, which are reinforced through transposition into the language and logics of sustainable development planning concerning how lands bordering the Transamazon and BR-163 highways will be protected, even as those roads are paved. The experiences of sustainable development explored in this chapter reveal how techno-managerial coordination and institutional capacity plays out on vulnerable landscapes and frequently marginalized populations, with consequences that are full of friction and imbalanced privilege. They also reveal how historically constituted relationships and understandings of modernity inform development projects, often reproducing long-standing inequalities.

scholarly journals Citizen wellbeing and GDP: Towards more appropriate measures of Namibia's success and progress

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justine Braby ◽  
Jessica-Jane Lavelle ◽  
Johannes Mulunga ◽  
Newman Nekwaya ◽  
Fikameni Mathias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Developed Nations

Developing nations like Namibia are aiming to industrialize much like developed nations and use the gross domestic product to measure their progress. However, this development path has been largely unsustainable. For Namibia to develop into a sustainable society, a different approach is needed. This study aimed to find entry points toward such an approach. Surveys were conducted in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, to measure human well-being. Generally, as is expected in a developing country, well-being correlated positively along the income line. However, the indicators did illustrate that a more holistic measure would go a long way toward more effective development planning in Namibia. This study provided an entry point from which further work will be undertaken.

scholarly journals Risk Decision-Making Technology in Gas Reservoir Development at Sichuan Basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Guo Yu ◽  
Haitao Li ◽  
Yanru Chen ◽  
Linqing Liu ◽  
Dongming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Stochastic Simulation ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Gas Reservoir ◽  
Probability Curve ◽  
Scanning Method ◽  
Reservoir Development ◽  
Risk Grade ◽  
Risk Decision

During the development of complex gas reservoirs, the risk decision-making problem often emerges. Thus, the study on risk assessment is an important tool used to identify potential hazards and create appropriate avoidance measures accordingly. Based on the analysis of seven types of risk factors in gas reservoir development planning, this paper aims to clarify the logical relationship between the risk factors in the strategic planning of natural gas development. The comprehensive research on target risks in the gas reservoir development planning based on stochastic simulation was carried out. The “probability curve scanning method” was used to evaluate objective risk factors, while the decision-making risk factors were evaluated using the “probability curve displacement method.” According to the realization probability and dispersion degree of the planned target combined with the risk grade evaluation matrix, the planning target evaluation risk grade was implemented. Moreover, the planning unit risk grade evaluation was obtained at different stages. Regarding the specific production capacity conditions in gas wells (horizontal and vertical wells) and gas reservoir water invasion, the probability method with Monte Carlo stochastic simulation was used to calculate the production and water invasion volumes. The established decision-making risk technology for gas reservoir development, along with the associated supporting procedures, can be used to evaluate the risks of reservoir development planning, production, and water invasion.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN A TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT

THE BULLETIN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (387) ◽  
pp. 180-187
Author(s):  
A. B. Amerkhanova ◽  
◽  
V. R. Meshkov ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
Macroeconomic Indicators ◽  
Effective Development

In market conditions the external environment, economy, technology, politics, culture and society in general that affect the organization's activities are constantly changing. Therefore, strategic analysis and planning is a tool for forming an attitude to the future of the organization taking into account these changes, as a tool for reacting and adapting to such changes. To ensure the adaptability of strategic planning, effective contingency measures must be provided for in all types of planning. At the same time, at each stage of strategic planning, its adaptive potential must be realized. In a competitive economy, most domestic enterprises are required to make qualitatively new decisions for long-term effective development. Planning should facilitate the adaptation of the enterprise to market requirements in accordance with the goals and objectives of the enterprise, its internal capabilities and environmental conditions. In this regard, planning is becoming more and more strategic. However, traditional long-term planning does not lose its relevance, since strategic planning is based on traditional long-term planning. In developed market economies, tools for developing long-term development scenarios for companies have been the subject of research for decades. The experience of foreign forecasting is widely used by Kazakhstani companies today. However, as practice shows, direct use and copying of foreign experience in the development of strategies often lead to errors and distortions. In practice, Kazakh companies need to apply appropriate tools and mechanisms for strategic planning, coordinated and adapted to the specific risks. The goals and main provisions of strategic planning of oil companies are discussed in the article. The role of the oil industry in the main macroeconomic indicators of the country's development is shown.

scholarly journals STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF DIVERSIFICATION AND MODERNIZATION IN THE ECONOMY OF SINGLE-INDUSTRY SETTLEMENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
А. Севастьянова ◽  
A. Sevastyanova
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
Industry Affiliation ◽  
Effective Development

<p>The current research features approaches to solving the problems associated with a decline in the development of old industrial sectors in single-industry towns (monocities, or monocommunities). The target of the study is to show the necessity of strategic approach and interaction of all management levels. Particular attention is paid to resource-dependent communities. Enterprises of mineral resources sector have limits of effective development, associated with gradual depletion of their resource base. Diversification and modernization of the economy of resource-dependent communities are logically linked to a timely achieving of strategic objectives to ensure their long-term sustainable development. Strategic aspects are also important for development planning in the sphere of new raw material deposits. A comprehensive analysis should help avoid the risks of creating new monocommunities with a poor prospect of long-term development. The article includes an analysis of international experience of Germany, Canada, and China. It is shown that a progress in solving the problems of company towns heavily depends on a strategic partnership between the federal, the regional, and the municipal governments, as well as on their collaboration with business. A conclusion is made that a uniform strategy for the development of various single-industry towns does not exist. The choice of the way of the development for each particular monotown is determined<br />by its socio-economic characteristics. Among those, remoteness or proximity to large urban agglomerations, industry affiliation and prospects for the development of the cityforming<br />enterprise, opportunities for economic diversification, investment potential and opportunities for attracting investors are of paramount importance. The process of positive changes, as a rule, is slow and complicated. Thence, it is important to justify the purpose and ways to achieve it. As a rule, extrapolation methods do not work in this case</p>

scholarly journals The Politics of Development and Participatory Planning. From Top Down to Top Down

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Victor Lord Owusu
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Vision 2020 ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Planning Culture ◽  
Policy And Planning

This paper measures the level of participation in Ghana’s four most recent development policy and planning documents, from the Vision 2020 to the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda. Using Systematic Review and a developed modified version of Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation, the paper concludes that development planning in Ghana is top down and non participatory. The paper further uncovered that civilian and military governments before and after independence in 1957 adopted the top down approach and planned from the centre with no traces of citizens’ participation in the planning processes. It was further determined that this top down and non participatory mode of planning is deeply enshrined in Ghana’s current and past development planning culture and history, a legacy bequeathed to colonies by colonialists.

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